100 Horsemen (Italian: I cento cavalieri, Spanish: Los cien caballeros, German: Die hundert Ritter, also known as Son of El Cid) is a 1964 Italian-Spanish-West German historical-adventure film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.[1]
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| Directed by | Vittorio Cottafavi |
| Cinematography | Francisco Marín |
| Edited by | Maurizio Lucidi |
| Music by | Antonio Pérez Olea |
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| Countries | Italy Spain West Germany |
| Language | Italian |
In 2004 it was restored and shown as part of the retrospective "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs" at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.[2]
Premise
editDon Fernando, El Cid's son, rallies peasants and townsfolk to oust the Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.
Cast
edit- Mark Damon as Don Fernando Herrera y Menendez
- Antonella Lualdi as Sancha Ordoñez
- Gastone Moschin as Frate Carmelo
- Wolfgang Preiss as Sheik Abengalbon
- Barbara Frey as Laurencia
- Rafael Alonso as on Jaime Badaloz
- Hans Nielsen as Alfonso Ordoñez
- Manuel Gallardo as Halaf
- Mario Feliciani as Ambassador of the Sheik
- Arnoldo Foà as Don Gonzalo Herrera y Menendez
- Aldo Sambrell as Alfaqui
References
edit- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia & Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
- ^ Simone Pinchiorri. "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
External links
edit- 100 Horsemen at IMDb
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