100 Horsemen Explained

100 Horsemen
Director:	Vittorio Cottafavi
Music:	Antonio Pérez Olea
Cinematography:	Francisco Marín
Country:	Italy Spain Germany
Language:	Italian

100 Horsemen (Italian: I cento cavalieri, Spanish; Castilian: Los cien caballeros, German: Die hundert Ritter, also known as Son of El Cid) is a 1964 Italian-Spanish-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

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberto Chiti. Roberto Poppi. Enrico Lancia. Mario Pecorari. amp. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. 1991. Gremese Editore, 1992. 8876055932.
2. News: Simone Pinchiorri. Mostra di Venezia 2008: "Storia Segreta del Cinema Italiano: Italian Kings of the Bs". 18 December 2013. La Repubblica.