100 Horsemen

100 Horsemen
100 Horsemen
Directed by	Vittorio Cottafavi
Cinematography	Francisco Marín
Edited by	Maurizio Lucidi
Music by	Antonio Pérez Olea
Release date	1964;
Countries	Italy; Spain; West Germany
Language	Italian

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]

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

Mark Damon as Don Fernando Herrera y Menendez
Antonella Lualdi as Sancha Ordoñez
Gastone Moschin as Frate Carmelo
Wolfgang Preiss as Sheik Abengalbon
Barbara Frey as Laurencia
Rafael Alonso as on Jaime Badaloz
Hans Nielsen as Alfonso Ordoñez
Manuel Gallardo as Halaf
Mario Feliciani as Ambassador of the Sheik
Arnoldo Foà as Don Gonzalo Herrera y Menendez
Aldo Sambrell as Alfaqui

References

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

External links

100 Horsemen at IMDb

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[60c-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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