100 Horsemen

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100 Horsemen
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Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
CinematographyFrancisco Marín
Edited by Maurizio Lucidi
Music byAntonio Pérez Olea
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
CountriesItaly
Spain
West Germany
LanguageItalian

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]

Contents

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

Don Fernando, El Cid's son, rallies peasants and townsfolk to oust the Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.

Cast

References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia & Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN   8876055932.
  2. Simone Pinchiorri. "Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs"". La Repubblica . Retrieved 18 December 2013.