El Cid (1961)

Taglines:

The GREATEST ROMANCE and ADVENTURE in a THOUSAND YEARS!

Parents Guide:

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Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

Latin | English

Release Date:

14 December 1961 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Cyd See more »

Filming Locations:

Belmonte, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain See more »

Budget:

$6,250,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$26,620,000 (USA)

Production Co:

Samuel Bronston Productions, Dear Film Produzione See more »

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Runtime:

182 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Trivia

According to people who were on the set during the production of El Cid (as interviewed for the extras section of the DVD) Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren hated each other while making this movie. Part of the reason could be that Loren was paid more than Heston ($1 million, the first time a woman had been paid that sum for acting in a single motion picture). As can be seen in the finished film, during many of the "love" scenes, Heston refused to look at Loren for more than a glance. The director tried take after take, imploring Heston to look into the eyes of the woman he loved, but Heston couldn't bring himself to do it. Regarding his deathbed scene, he later claimed that he was "looking into the future," rather than into the eyes of his wife. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When he is fighting another king's champion, the figure of Rodrigo, as he is being run into by his opponent's horse, is clearly a motionless stick-figured dummy with Rodrigo's armor on it. See more »

Quotes

Jimena: Can you forgive me, Rodrigo?
El Cid: Jimena.
Jimena: Would you take me with you?
El Cid: But... now I... have nowhere to take you.
Jimena: As long as we are together it will not be nowhere. I love you Rodrigo. I love you.
[They kiss]
El Cid: You know what you risk if you come with me, my love?
Jimena: Since my love is not a man like other men my life with not be like other lives.
El Cid: It's only now, only know that I know... how hard the road would have been without you.
[They kiss again]
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Connections

Featured in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Falcon and the Dove"
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Performed by Chorus See more »