El Cid
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• Charleton Heston & Sophia Loren Classic 'El Cid' Rides Onto 2-Disc DVD Jan. 29
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Summary:
When French playwright Pierre Corneille wrote El Cid, a fanciful version of the life of 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, aka "El Cid", an attempt was made to honor the "classic unities" and to compress the whole story into a single day! Be assured that the 1961 film version of El Cid is more faithful to the actual chronology. Charlton Heston adds one more cha... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Charlton Heston - (Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar/El Cid)
Sophia Loren - (Chimene)
Raf Vallone - (Count Ordonez)
Gary Raymond - (Prince Sancho)
Ralph Truman - (King Ferdinand)
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Review:
Charlton Heston's knack for wearing the mantle of larger-than-life characters serves him well in this 1961 Anthony Mann film of a noble Spanish warrior's campaign to unite his divided country against the threat of a Moorish invasion. Amid the pageantry of 11th century feudal Spain, Heston portrays the legendary Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known to... Continue >>
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