Charlton Heston, Frank Thring, Gary Raymond
A legendary 11th century knight drives the Moors out of Spain.
DVD Release Date: January 29, 2008
Stats: 256 reviews
real interesting if you know nothing about el cid and how he brought the spanish christians and moors together to fight the african moors in the 11th century. i knew nothing about him. hell, i'd never heard of him. it's an epic war film and obviously the battle scenes arent going...( read more)
Very Epical (if that is an adjective) you can't get more epic than the crusades. Way too slow and long though.
Glorious, great epic, classic in terms of script and spectacle, and extraordinary representation of the famous epic poem, stately and thrilling, with everything crisp and simple on the widescreen. Sobriety and restraint are perhaps the keynotes of the film's success, with the res...( read more)
Classic, grand, glorious epic. Solid performance from Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren brings beauty and depth as the Cid's wife with Herbert Lom splendidly sinister as the invading Ben Yussef.
Chuck Heston wailing on Moors and evil Christians alike. I get chills when they send out his corpse on the warhorse to scare the moors. Plus Sophia Loren.
Some movies have to come around in order for people to appreciate that particular movies importance and significance in its depiction of facts related ot historical events or periods. But, more importantly how great movies are made to hold ones attention, stimulate conversation a...( read more)
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