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El Cid: The Legend

Original title: El Cid: La leyenda
  • 2003
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.1K
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El Cid: The Legend (2003)
AdventureAnimationBiographyFamilyFantasyRomance

Rodrigo's life as a child was a noble and happy one, he entered school at a young age. Often he went on adventures with his best friend Sancho and often visited his beloved one Jimena, the d... Read allRodrigo's life as a child was a noble and happy one, he entered school at a young age. Often he went on adventures with his best friend Sancho and often visited his beloved one Jimena, the daughter of the count of Gormaz. His happiness did not last forever, after the death of the... Read allRodrigo's life as a child was a noble and happy one, he entered school at a young age. Often he went on adventures with his best friend Sancho and often visited his beloved one Jimena, the daughter of the count of Gormaz. His happiness did not last forever, after the death of the King Fernando, Rodrigo is seen wrapped in a world of plots and conspiracies that to will ... Read all

  • Director
    • Jose Pozo
  • Writers
    • Anonymous
    • Jose Pozo
  • Stars
    • Manel Fuentes
    • Natalia Verbeke
    • Loles León
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Jose Pozo
    • Writers
      • Anonymous
      • Jose Pozo
    • Stars
      • Manel Fuentes
      • Natalia Verbeke
      • Loles León
    • 7User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Manel Fuentes
    • Rodrigo
    • (voice)
    Natalia Verbeke
    Natalia Verbeke
    • Gimena
    • (voice)
    Loles León
    Loles León
    • Urraca
    • (voice)
    Sancho Gracia
    Sancho Gracia
    • Gormaz
    • (voice)
    Carlos Latre
    • Ben Yussuf
    • (voice)
    • …
    Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 'El Sevilla'
    • Garcés
    • (voice)
    Sergio Zamora
    • Sancho
    • (voice)
    Manolo García
    • Diego Laínez
    • (voice)
    Juan Antonio Bernal
    • Alfonso
    • (voice)
    Eduard Farelo
    Eduard Farelo
    • Fañez
    • (voice)
    • (as Eduardo Farelo)
    Arsenio Corsellas
    • Fernando I
    • (voice)
    Daniel García
    • Al-Mutamin
    • (voice)
    • (as Dani García)
    Nacho Castaño
      Molly Malcolm
      Molly Malcolm
      • Urraca
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      Miguel Pernas
        Alex Warner
        Alex Warner
        • Rodrigo
        • (English version)
        • (voice)
        Joshua Zamrycki
        Joshua Zamrycki
        • Ben Yussuf
        • (English version)
        • (voice)
        • Director
          • Jose Pozo
        • Writers
          • Anonymous
          • Jose Pozo
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        User reviews7

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        5peepingvertigo

        Spanish animation hero for desperado viewers

        Decent animation film from Spanish Big Studio Filmax, but painfully unfunny. Technically miles above other Spanish animation films from recent years, including this Christmas "Los REYES MAGOS", but lacking a good script. Some of the original voices (supplied by Spanish stars like Natalia Verbeke or Sancho Gracia) are fine, but others simply got to my nerves.
        7dkproject

        Good first act

        I found this movie to be quite enjoyable. I loved the stylized characters, the sense of weight of their bodies design. The dialogs in Spanish are smart and funny, although there are several parts were too many facts are compressed into long sentences. I have mixed feeling on the presentation of Rodrigo (the Cid) as a youngster: on one hand I liked the reveal that he turned indeed into the Cid, but on the other hand there isn't enough screen time for us to know he will be the protagonist. One mayor disappointment was the lack of battle scenes. The one battle (Valencia) is shot beautifully using a mix of classical and 3d animation. But the rest of the battles are narrated on a paper-cut style. This being the story of a warrior, it surprised me that he was shown, for the most part, as nothing more than a skillful sneaker. Also, the final confrontation with the antagonist does not make justice to neither of the characters. Having said that, I must insist that the whole royal drama during the first 30 minutes of the movie are highly recommendable, particularly thanks to well crafted parallel stories at the end of the first act. The movie somehow decays during the rest of the film and too many problems are solved by the Cid's pets.
        5Juni78ukr

        Boring animated historical tale

        This is not a very good movie. Story can be interesting but it wasn't. It looks only boring, don't funny and predictable both for adults and kids.

        Characters didn't very well drawn, sometimes animation looked simply miserably. You can't find here good characters development (like in charming Disney's masterpiece), dialogs sometimes become annoying and stupid. Maybe it was good enough for Spanish viewers and critics (it have won award for best Spanish animated film of the year) but for anyone else I can't recommend this film. Only one good thing, what I have found in this disappointment, was a final song. It was pretty good.

        My grade: 4,4 out of 10. You can find a better way to pass 1,5 hours of your life. I was really disappointed.

        Sorry for my bad English.
        4polprof13

        An uninspiring movie.

        The story of El Cid has excited people for centuries; unfortunately, the movie will not. This piece of animation from Spain is overly long, lacks a gripping storyline, is not funny, and the animation is spotty at best. The characters are not very well drawn (forearms which are supposed to be muscular are replaced by drawings of what seem to be big balloons), the background does not evoke the beauty of Spain, and it all seems to be monochromatic. One particularly distasteful detail is that all the 'good' Muslims have Spanish accents while the 'bad' Muslim has an Arab accent. My son was bored and my daughter commented: 'We came to see the wrong movie'. That says it all.
        5fh147

        piece of Childhood. watched again

        It is a fun little tail of Spanish history that I have never heard before, and character designs certainly stains out.

        I like the story It's a fun. But it has no breathing room is just so fast pace. It doesn't feel like we had any moment to really think about what's happening.

        But what did less in pacing it has in music. Oh my god, it has some of the most epic Music I've seen in a cartoon. The manly character design just works, small head big muscle and cool animations.

        The animation is solid and the fight animations looks really good. That backgrounds are so tall.

        But it cannot be understated just how fast this movie is. It feels like they took a really long historical tail and cut it down to just way too much. Characters that appear like we are supposed to know them. Historical figures that feel way too undercooked. I feel like the main characters friends just appear and do stuff and I don't know who they are.

        Fun little Spanish cartoon that I found a long time on DVD. Would recommend.

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          The draw style is the same of the previous animated films The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Joseph: King of Dreams (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) from DreamWorks Animation.
        • Connections
          Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #34.1 (2006)
        • Soundtracks
          The power of a broken heart
          Composed by Jordi Cubino

          Played by Luis Fonsi & Christina Valemi

          Courtesy of UNIVERSAL MUSIC

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        • Release date
          • December 19, 2003 (Spain)
        • Country of origin
          • Spain
        • Official site
          • Official Site
        • Language
          • Spanish
        • Also known as
          • El Cid - den ridande hjälten
        • Production company
          • Castelao Producciones
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          • €8,000,000 (estimated)
        • Gross worldwide
          • $4,055,659
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 30 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Dolby Digital
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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