Perhaps it will be better to leave the matter in our hands. Why should you do this for me? That I would let my wife and children die in his dungeons? It was not for lack of courage that we lost. I know why you have come. It's not a question of courage. Our son, Sancho, will go with you. He will bring you death and destruction! What does the King expect I'd do? Then enter the British, and what a fine supporting cast they are: the smoky-voiced Genevieve Page as Urraca it is the Spanish word for jackdaw, by the way who always reminds me of Lauren Bacall; the gentlemanly and self-composed Michael Hordern as Rodrigo's father, the handsome blue-eyed John Fraser as the arrogant but vulnerable prince Alfonso, Gary Raymond as prince Sancho, Douglas Wilmer as Rodrigo's Arab ally, and finally the recently deceased, excellent Czeck-born character actor Herbert Lom as the black-clad villain, a role initially offered to Orson Welles and who turned it down when he learnt that audiences wouldn't see his masked face. We will hang their bodies high as an example to other Moors! They will say so, on both sides.
It would seem you're less ready to die. If he had come, we would have won. We implore you to take the crown. You will see for yourself, my lady, when you come to Vivar. Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback — especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads.
I have words for your ears only, my King. Now I can take you home to Vivar. When the enemy has no face. God will direct Don Martin's lance to my heart. Rozsa visited the libraries and archives of old monasteries and was given special access to documents dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries.
I've come to find peace, Mother. I, too, was once the King's champion. Will you give me your prisoner, or must I take him? Ben Yusuf can strike out from there, overrun all Spain. Did you think the woman you chose to love could do less than you? According to some records, the breach between Rodrigo and Alfonso was healed when Rodrigo married a woman named Jimena or Ximena , a member of a high-ranking Asturian family in the mid-1070s; some reports say she was Alfonso's niece. El Cid is a 1961 historical epic. King of Christians and Moors.
Calahorra has always been a part of Castile. Let me take up this gauntlet, Sire. He successfully fought off two Almoravid armies who attempted to dislodge him in 1094 and 1097. Ben Yusuf is your enemy. It was not through lack of courage that we lost! The marriage will take place on your return.
But whatever may have been the real adventures of El Cid Campeador, his name has come down to us in modern times in connection with a long series of heroic achievements in which he stands out as the central figure of the long struggle of against the hosts. It's impossible to be there without. The Almoravids soon occupied important strategic bases, disempowered the local rulers, and even threatened the Castilian heartland. It is treason to the King! Two are , and three are ; none are likely to be unprejudiced. If you crush him, who then would stand against the invaders of Spain? May Allah make the siege a short one. All I remember is your face.
Since I've taken the vows of wife. My father says they have eyes everywhere. I suppose we must leave soon. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The story is based on the legend of a Christian Knight named Don Rodrigo Diaz de ViVar.
No one can stand against us now. I demand you release him at once! Will you wear my colors? God has called upon me to become your king. But I am unarmed, Sire. We have given up everything for you. Garcia Ordonez has invoked the charge of treason.
A city, a whole city is at stake. And it was because of this suspicion that El Cid demanded that Alfonso swear on the Bible that he had had no hand in the murder plot. The prevailing metre is the Alexandrine or fourteen syllabled verse with a caesural pause after the eighth; but the lines often run into sixteen or even twenty syllables, and sometimes stop at twelve or ten. Sometimes it's best to leave a little something hidden. Someone else will lead them. If they do, you will hold Valencia. At Alfonso's coronation, El Cid has him swear upon the Bible that he had no part in the death of his brother.
I tried not to come. We have come to do battle for the city of Calahorra! I am ready, my Lord Rodrigo. Sophia Loren had a major issue with Bronston's promotion of the film, an issue important enough to her that Loren sued him for in. Since he had no part in or any knowledge of it, Alfonso swears truthfully and banishes Rodrigo for his impudence. But if you do what must be done for all Spain.