El Cid (film)
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El Cid is a 1961 epic historical drama film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston. The film is loosely based on the life of the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Día
Theatrical release poster
Filming near the Belmonte Castle in the province of Cuenca
The battle of Valencia was shot on location along the beaches of Peñíscola.
Charlton Heston
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Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, historical drama films, science-fiction
El Cid (film)
…11th-century Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, called "El Cid" (from the Arabic as-Sayyed السّيّد, meaning "The Lord"). The film stars Charlton Heston in the title role and Sophia Loren as El Cid's wife Doña Jimena, spelled "Chimene" in the script and pronounced that way (shim-ain) in the film. The…
Heston in 1963
Heston as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1950)
Heston with Katy Jurado in Arrowhead (1953)
Heston as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956)