100 Horsemen

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]

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

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

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.

External links

• 100 Horsemen at IMDb