El Cid, the quintessential Spanish spectacle has its main origin in a French Play by Pierre de Corneille called, strangely enough, LE CID all about valour and HONOUR in a Spanish hierarchical system. Samuel Bronston brought it to light with 2 of the reigning stars of the period, Sofia Loren and Charlton Heston as El Cid who looks as Spanish as my "perro" Pedro. The system of honour is far too difficult to explain so just sit back and try to figure it out as best you can as you watch beauty and strength in this enormously filmed feature.
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