100 Horsemen

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100 Horsemen
Directed byVittorio Cottafavi
CinematographyFrancisco Marín
Edited byMaurizio Lucidi
Music byAntonio Pérez Olea
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
CountriesItaly
Spain
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-German historical-adventure film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.[1]

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[edit]

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

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

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