El Cid: The Legend (2003)
El Cid: La leyenda
90 min
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 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 put an end to the life of Sancho and the consequent coronation of the infant Alfonso. All of a sudden, Rodrigo loses all that that he has acquired, his best friend and the love of its beloved one, and is unjustly exiled to Castile without honor!
- Release date
- April 28, 2005
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Budget
- $5,600,000
- Box office
- $4,032,296
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Cast
- Manel Fuentes as Rodrigo
- Natalia Verbeke as Gimena
- Sancho Gracia as Gormaz
- Loles León as Urraca
- Carlos Latre as Ben Yussuf
- Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 'El Sevilla' as Garcés
- Eduard Farelo as Fañez
- Carlos Latre as Conde de Gormaz
- Sergi Zamora as Sancho
- Manolo García as Diego Laínez
- Juan Antonio Bernal as Alfonso
Crew
- Jose Pozo · Director
- Jose Pozo · Writer
- Julio Fernández · Producer
- Óscar Araujo · Composer
- Zacarías M. de la Riva · Composer
- Félix Bueno · Editor