Ralph Truman
1) El Cid
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Disc 1-2. Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, a Castillian knight who has been dubbed El Cid [El Cid Campeador "The Lord Champion"] by his followers, vows to free his country from the invader. The epic tale romanticizes the years of love, warfare, revenge, rivalries, as El Cid becomes a revered warrior.