El Cid (1961)

6.4	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

Anthony Mann

Starring (View all)

Charlton Heston

El Cid Rodrigo de Bivar

Jimena

Count Ordóñez

Princess Urraca

Prince Alfonso

Prince Sancho

Arias

Fanez

Written by (View all)

Fredric M. Frank

(story)

Philip Yordan

(screenplay) and

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El Cid is probably the most unique of the Old Hollywood Epics. Or, should I say EPICS. They truly don’t make movies like this anymore, except for maybe The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Nothing comes as close to the sweeping and grandiose nature of these old films. But what makes El Cid so unique? It seems more intelligent, more concerned with the larger moral canvass on display. This is not a Bibl... read more

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Description: Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain. Written by Stewart M. Clamen ... (more)

Release date : 14 December 1961
UPC: 786936147810

Epic (4), Action (4), War (2), Hero (2), 1960s (2), Spain (2), Independent Film (2), Spanish (2), Character Name In Title (2), Biography (2), 1961 (2), Battles (2), Drama (2), Moors People (1), King (1), Incest (1), Historical (1), Siege (1), 11th Century (1), El Cid (1)

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" Cantar de Mio Cid also known in English as The Poem of the Cid is the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem (epopeya). Based on a true story, it tells of the Castilian hero El Cid, and takes place during the Reconquista, or reconquest of Spain from the Moors."

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"18.8. Upean näköinen ja kuuloinen kolmetuntinen eepos, joka on sisällöltään lähes täysin tyhjänpäiväinen. Hahmot eivät puhu toisilleen, vaan tuijottavat tyhjyyteen lausuen viisauksia, kuten "Kuka tahansa voi tappaa, mutta vain kuningas osaa armahtaa". Tapahtumien välillä hypitään miten sattuu ja muutenkin leffan rakenne on melkoisen pielessä. Taistelut sentään ovat hienon näköisiä ja kyllä se aina lämmittää mieltä katsoa tuhansia täysin puettuja statisteja juoksema"

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El Cid

“El Cid is probably the most unique of the Old Hollywood Epics. Or, should I say EPICS. They truly don’t make movies like this anymore, except for maybe The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Nothing comes as close to the sweeping and grandiose nature of these old films. But what makes El Cid so unique? It seems more intelligent, more concerned with the larger moral canvass on display. This is not a Biblical epic filled to the brim with walk-on star cameos and hilariously miscast leads. This is a true story turned into a myth, a grand feat of super heroics. This is the kind of movie that only Charlton Heston could star in.

And so he does. He plays the titular historic figure with his square jaw, masculine bravado and moral certitude, the same thing qualities that he brought to Ben-Hur a” read more

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"18.10.2009, boksi Massiiviset taistelukohtaukset on kieltämättä älyttömän komeaa katsottavaa, mut siihenpä se oikeastaan jääkin. Ylipituutta on tasoon nähden rankasti liikaa ja dialogi on paikoin helvetin typerän kuuloista, eikä edes Heston oo ihan parhaimmillaan. Jotenkin tuntuu, et tää tehtiin lähinnä Hollywoodin 60-luvun eeppisyysbuumin inspiroimana."

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