El Greco (1966 film)

El Greco
El Greco
	Film poster
Directed by	Luciano Salce
Written by	Guy Elmes; Massimo Franciosa; Juan García Atienza; Luigi Magni
Produced by	Alfredo Bini; Mel Ferrer
Starring	Mel Ferrer
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production; company	Arco Film
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	7 May 1966 (Premiere); 15 August 1966 (Italy);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	$800,000

El Greco is a 1966 Italian drama film and biography of the painter El Greco directed by Luciano Salce and starring Mel Ferrer and Rosanna Schiaffino.^[2]

Cast

Mel Ferrer as El Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo)
Rosanna Schiaffino as Jeronima de las Cuevas
Adolfo Celi as Don Miguel de las Cuevas
Mario Feliciani as Nino de Guevara
Franco Giacobini as Francisco
Renzo Giovampietro as Brother Felix
Ángel Aranda as Don Luis
Nino Crisman as Diego de Castillo
Gabriella Giorgelli as Maria
Giulio Donnini as Pignatelli
Fernando Rey as Philip II
Rafael Rivelles as Marquis of Villena
John Karlsen as Prosecutor
John Francis Lane as De Agueda
Rossana Martini as Zaida

Production

It was Mel Ferrer's first film as producer. According to Ferrer, the film cost $800,000 which he felt was modest considering the film was in color and was the first movie allowed to shoot at Toledo Cathedral.^[1]

Release

The film had its world premiere on 7 May 1966 at the Museum of Santa Cruz in Toledo, Spain.^[3]

Reception

According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1,300,000 in rentals to break even and made $1,675,000, meaning it made a profit.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "'Cabriola,' Vehicle for Ferrer, Marisol by A.H. Weiler". The New York Times. 6 December 1964: X13.
^ Crowther, Bosley (2007). "El Greco (1966)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
^ "'El Greco' Preem Giant Affair". Variety. 4 May 1966. p. 118. Retrieved 6 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox That Got Away: The Last Days of the Zanuck Dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 325. ISBN 9780818404856.

External links

El Greco at IMDb
(4 November 1966). "Cinema: The Brush-Off", Time. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

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[new-1] "'Cabriola,' Vehicle for Ferrer, Marisol by A.H. Weiler". The New York Times. 6 December 1964: X13.

[NY_Times-2] Crowther, Bosley (2007). "El Greco (1966)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

[3] "'El Greco' Preem Giant Affair". Variety. 4 May 1966. p. 118. Retrieved 6 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.

[4] Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox That Got Away: The Last Days of the Zanuck Dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 325. ISBN 9780818404856.

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v t e Films by Mel Ferrer
Producer	El Greco (1966) Wait Until Dark (1967) The Night Visitor (1971) Embassy (1972) A Time for Loving (1972) W (1974) One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982)
Director	The Girl of the Limberlost (1945) The Secret Fury (1950) Vendetta (1950) (partial) The Racket (1951) (partial) Macao (1952) (partial) Green Mansions (1959) Cabriola (1965)

v t e El Greco
List of works Artistic overview Posthumous fame
Paintings	Adoration of the Magi (c. 1565–1567) Dormition of the Virgin (1565–1566) Healing of the Man Born Blind Dresden, 1567 Parma, c. 1573 Modena Triptych (1567–1569) Baptism of Christ (1567–1569) Last Supper (1568) Flight into Egypt (1570) Annunciation Prado, 1570 Madrid, 1575–1576 Illescas, 1600–1605 Purification of the Temple Washington, 1570 Minneapolis, 1570 New York, 1595–1600 London, 1600 Madrid, 1609 The Fable (1570–1575) Entombment of Christ (1570–1576) El Soplón (1571–1572) Pietà (1571–1576) Penitent Magdalene (1576–1578) Saint Sebastian (1576–1579) Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece (1577) Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Madonna and Child (1577) Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus (1577–1579) Assumption of the Virgin (1577–1579) Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) (1577–1579) Holy Trinity (c. 1577–1579) Saint Anthony of Padua (1580) Christ Carrying the Cross New York, c. 1580 Barcelona, 1590–1595 Madrid, 1597–1600 The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice (1580–1582) The Tears of Saint Peter Barnard Castle, 1580–1589 Mexico City, 1587–1596 Oslo, c. 1590 The Immaculate Conception with Saint John the Evangelist (c. 1585) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586) Holy Family (1586–1588) Holy Face of Jesus (1586–1595) Saint Peter and Saint Paul Barcelona, 1587–1592 Saint Petersburg, c. 1587–1592 Agony in the Garden London, 1590 Andújar, 1597–1607 Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors (c. 1590) The Penitent Saint Peter (c. 1590–1595) Saint Louis (1592–1595) Virgin Mary (Mater Dolorosa) (c. 1594–1604) Holy Family (c. 1595) Christ Taking Leave of his Mother (1595) Saint Andrew and Saint Francis (1595–1598) Adoration of the Shepherds Bucharest, 1596 Madrid, 1612–1614 Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (1596–1599) View of Toledo (1596–1600) Virgin Mary (1597) Saint Martin and the Beggar (1597–1599) The Virgin of Charity (1597–1603) Allegory of the Camaldolese Order (c. 1597) Saint John the Baptist (1597–1607) Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis (c. 1600) Saint Bernardino of Siena (1603) Nativity (1603–1605) Coronation of the Virgin (1603–1605) Marriage of the Virgin (1603–1607) Saint John the Evangelist (c. 1605) The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth (c. 1605–1610) The Immaculate Conception (1607–1613) Saint Peter (1608) View and Plan of Toledo (1608) Concert of Angels (1608) The Saviour (1608–1614) Saint Thomas the Apostle (1608–1614) Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614) Saint Jerome (1609) Saint Ildefonsus (1609) Saint Francis and Brother Leo (1609) Saint James the Great (1610) Saint Luke (1610–1614) Laocoön (1610–1614) Saint Paul (1610–1614) Saint Sebastian (1610–1614) Julián Romero and Saint Julian (1612–1614)
Portraits	Portrait of Giulio Clovio (c. 1571) Portrait of Vincenzo Anastagi (1571–1576) The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (c. 1580) Portrait of a Doctor (1582–1585) Portrait of a Gentleman (c. 1586) Portrait of Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce (c. 1587–1597; lost, known from a copy) Portrait of an Elderly Man (1587–1600) Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias (1595–1600) Self-Portrait (1595–1600) Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli (c. 1597–1603) Portrait of a Young Nobleman (1600–1605) Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (c. 1600) Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman (1603–1607) Portrait of Fray Hortensio Félix Paravacino (1609) Portrait of Juan Pardo de Tavera (1609) Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos (1609–1613) Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610–1614)
Museums	El Greco Museum, Toledo Museum of El Greco, Crete
Related	Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli (son) Lady in Ermine (1947 film) El Greco (1966 film) El Greco (1998 album) El Greco (2007 film) El Greco fallacy