El Cid Extended Ending HD

El Cid ending, one of the best parts of this epic road show picture. El Cid taking a arrow to the heart in a previous battle, demands that he rides out the next day despite his fatal injury. Thus restoring the morale of his men and then to charge on to victory. And thus the cid, road out of the gates of history, into legend.

[@ojivey8273]

What makes this scene so riveting, is that, according to history, when El Cid was mounted on his horse, he was already dead, from wounds received, in an earlier battle. He was tethered into his saddle so that he would not fall, and his right hand was affixed to his staff, so that it would not drop. This was one of the most dynamic endings, in the history of film.

[@Rozsaphile]

I wouldn't say "according to history." That episode, and much else in the film, is legendary, as the narrator says. But the visuals and the music are indeed a magnificent expression of the myth.

[@neilhayz1555]

It’s a great film, and a fantastic ending. But complete Hollywood. El Cid ruled Valencia for many years, wisely and well. Although he was a Christian he was not above accepting payment from Moorish rulers as a mercenary.

[@duicic8541]

@@neilhayz1555 - though, in fairness, Christian knights fighting for Muslim masters was by no means uncommon. Simply put, he did what everyone else did, and the contemporary accounts certainly don’t negatively judge him for it.

[@neilhayz1555]

@@duicic8541 - I completely agree. He was a fine warrior and many Moors had lived in Spain for decades. The established Moors and Christian’s were very much against the Almohovids, fanatical warriors from North Africa.

[@alkimistaoscuro951]

I am 70 years old and I have seen many movies, but only 3 have marked my life and the 3 are carried out by the same actor, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and El Cid, I do not care about the other opinions, but I always admired Charlton Heston, and he will always be the best actor of all time for me.

[@sonnyburnett4321]

Totally agree with you!

[@richardpiper6265]

Also liked him as Will Penny which was a western.

[@uglybobhere]

👋

[@gilmardessaune4084]

wonderful choices.

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……& a lovely man to meet, & have conversation with, along with his beautiful wife, Lydia. They’re both gone now……RIP

[@roward48]

No crappy cgi here. All of the sets and backgrounds were real. Real castles, real crowds of hundreds for the battle scenes, real siege engines rolling laboriously forward. They couldn't get enough money to finance a film like this today. This is a film about chivalry, honor, and commitment to a cause, even at the pain of death. Does anyone even care about making a film epitomizing these virtues anymore? And kudos to Miklos Rozsa for a brilliant, unforgettable score.

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

Yes there is such a film. A Ken Loach film about patriots during the Spanish Civil War. It's called "Land and Freedom". The last moment of the film had hardened critics in tears (me too).

[@chucklynch6523]

That Hollywood is dead now!

[@michaelterrill8164]

bambrugh castle northumberland

[@enriquevisiedo2750]

Castillo de Peñíscola comunidad valenciana España ( castillo templario

[@GarrisonFall]

Saving Private Ryan?

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

I can imagine an absolute roar of applause in theaters as El Cid emerges from the Keep, choreographed perfectly and synced with the organs playing. There are epic endings, and then there is this.

[@nialloneill5097]

Only prime Hollywood at its extravagant best could come up with a film and musical score like this. Even Lord of the Rings looks greatly deflated after seeing this film again. A rare production, and almost worthy of the purest Knight of all-the great EL CID, who in the deepest humility, served His Lord God, and the Spanish King, loyal to a fault. Amen!

[@delboy-su3wf]

I bought this earlier and it's a film I always remembered as a kid a dead king charging the enemies on horse back. Didn't know it was the same film when bought it . Is there any other films we're they put the king on horde back remember the film different as a kid

[@arnautorronteras2602]

​​@@nialloneill5097 There is another film called Kryczazy (1960) great scenes of the battles. That film had a great quality for being a not-Hollywood production. The Cid is another masterpiece for sure.

[@nialloneill5097]

Thank you...I'll have a look.@@arnautorronteras2602

[@enriquevisiedo2750]

Jamás perdió una batalla ni muerto

[@johns123]

This is my Dad's favorite film, and he showed me this film when I was very young (probably younger than 10). The film has changed the way I view cinema, and it is among my favorites. And much of that is because of this scene. It is so moving, so striking, so profound, so epic, I am always moved, by the organ music, by the chorus, by the legend. What a treasure of a film, what an underrated masterpiece.

[@betmasterssportwetten6043]

Me to bro with my grandpa :)

[@thomaspetersen9991]

I Just did visited el cid Tomb in BURGOS at The cathedral Santa maria.amasing experience

[@sonycrocket73]

👏👏👏Spain is a incredible country! I want to see Burgos too…

[@robertparenti4062]

I remember watching that movie over 40 yrs ago. Heston was King of the epics!!

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

He certainly was. He was a magnificent Ben-Hur.

[@TheWorldOfTruthTelling]

Exactomo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@antonioargueso2720]

Terribly exciting. Glory to the Cid champion and to the Spaniards who love their country.

[@edgarfrank5712]

Charlton Heston's imposing stage presence shines in all his epic films. RIP Chuck !

[@GrumblingGrognard]

Yep, especially when he is a corpse. What talent!

[@angloaust1575]

The original death rides a horse!

[@cy894]

Indeed. He is irreplaceable!! ❤

[@TheBigdaddy64]

"Heavenly Father, open your arms to receive the soul of one who lived and died the purest knight of all!."

[@ekpil]

Which he most certainly wasn't

[@rickyj5547]

How​ do you realy know

[@leonrobinson2053]

Very iconic words.

[@mohamedadrass]

كان مرتزق يقاتل من اجل المال ..إقرأ التاريخ

[@DanielRamos-uf3ui]

My favourite Charlton Heston's Movie. Hail, El Cid!

[@吉澤徳夫]

小学生のころ、テレビ映画で初めて見ました。今は５８歳です。英雄エルシドが戦いすえなくなってから、馬の鞍に括り付けられて走る姿はとても悲しく感じられたものです。父を見守る子供や婦人にも、哀れを感じたものです。久しぶりに見て当時を懐かしく感じる次第です。

[@jphalsberghe1]

Many of us are nostalgic

[@ElFletchy]

Today marks his death. As a proud Spaniard although Aussie born and lives in Syndey, I will remember his legacy! Viva El Cid!!!!

[@BledaDiaz]

Que Viva El Cid!!

[@samdustinchris]

Before Theoden, there was El Cid. And the earth shook before his terrible might. Long live the Cid!

[@TerciosEnFlandes]

Y viva España!!! Se te olvida nombrar a España, q tantas veces humilló a inglaterra

[@KarlSturmgewher]

The last strategem owned Commissioner Dreyfus.

[@arnautorronteras2602]

I'm not going to ruin the number of 88 likes, because of the meaning it has for me. But I'm the 89th. Arriba España.

[@MegaParillo]

Theoden was written 20 years before this movie. Just sayin'

[@ramonrodriguez3741]

​​@@TerciosEnFlandes As a Cuban American, which my grandparents from both sides of the family; are transplanted Spaniards. I am proud of my Spanish ancestry. Que viva Espana ! I didn't see any expansion of the last scene, it's the same one that's on the DVD or Blu-ray. Since I live in an Anglo centric country (UnitedState), we learned about the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English in 1588. I am sure the Spanish Army has given the English a black eye, many times. With that being said, God bless and good luck to one and all.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

I cried at the end, El Cid was a badass even in the jaws of death.

[@Charlie59668]

Endings don't come more dramatic than this one! A perfect combination of music imagery and narration. That final scene of the dead El Cid riding into the distance along the edge of the surf gets me every time.

[@beatrizsanchez9814]

Did you know it’ s special effects? It was shooted in the same village in Valladolid outside the castle when he releases Moutamin, etc. at the very beginning of the film?

[@socallee]

One of my favorites of all time. I made my sons watch El Cid and Zulu so many times they still complain about it. LOL

[@cy894]

In those days, there had been so many great movies.

[@maestroclassico5801]

Zulu is the most underrated film of the 60s

[@samuelbaldwin1407]

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar better to be known as El Cid, a Castilian nobleman, an undefeated military leader in medieval Spain and before the golden age of the Templars.

[@javier6926]

Wrong , the Templars were founded years after his death.

[@scottgabriel7093]

It's during the reconquista and crusades Rodrigo de Vivar didn't live long enough to witness the founding of the Knights Templar (Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, 1119) El Cid died in 10th of July 1099 (5 days before crusader siege of Jerusalem will end)

[@scottgabriel7093]

@@javier6926 yes its 2 decades after El Cid's demise and after the first crusade

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

@@javier6926 That's what he said. "Before the (....) Templars".

[@zardosspinosa6944]

​@@javier6926I think you should go back to playing tiddlywinks

[@psalmno.51]

Watched by me and my brothers on the good ship Carinthia, when travelling as a boy of 11 years old to Canada in February 1966! A new life awaited us and memories of El Cid filled my immature mind...

[@jphalsberghe1]

What happened since in Canada? Ever thought you see a Trudeau Jr as captain?

[@psalmno.51]

@@jphalsberghe1 Thank you for replying. I returned to England in 1972 and joined BT as an apprentice. From 1996 to 2009, my wife and I considered buying a house in rural Quebec as a second home to be near my family. In the late 90s, you could buy a property in Canada for as low as 25k GBP, but we didn't save enough with a young family and one salary! Since then, I've retired and family members have gone their own way and I'm glad that the dream didn't work out. Justin Trudeau is one of three aspiring "tyrants" from 2020 and I'm surprised that Canadians voted for him in 2021. I wonder if they really did?!

[@rickbruceroche2038]

I saw this in Des Moines, Iowa. The only Cinerama theatre in the State. First showing.Was a little kid. This made a similar impression on a young kid to “The Ten Commandments”.

[@robertcatesby8420]

A brilliant ending to a terrific film, and Miklos Rozsa's music was fabulous!

[@Jsmith2024]

I love this scene. Thanks for putting it on KZbin.

[@Hot5pur123]

No matter how many times I have watched this film I will never get bored of it.. Charlton Heston portrayed Rodrigo Diaz of Vivar brilliantly.

[@joemctaggart3920]

Only he could

[@deepaklamatamangnepal1980]

What is the name of movie??

[@darcychu9652]

@@deepaklamatamangnepal1980 "El Cid"!

[@mohamadmostafa1634]

What the topic of this film

[@scottgabriel7093]

@@mohamadmostafa1634 bigraphical film about Rodrigo de Vivar also known as "El Cid" about his lifetime as a Castilian Spanish knight who fought against Moorish muslims and won victories for the christendom

[@annconlon4468]

One of my favourite movies as a child, it used to be shown regularly on TV but not anymore.

[@Wombat1916]

@@Hometruths29 I've got the DVD. I can watch it whenever I like!

[@numaponpilium8645]

Y que vivan los abenzerrajes y los turnedizos de Granada

[@rickyj5547]

I have it on dvd

[@miguelmenendez1187]

No me atrevo a escribirlo en inglés, mis conocimientos de la lengua no son lo suficientemente amplios para expresar lo que siento. Lo diré en español: Me siento orgulloso de la "historia o leyenda" de este grandísimo personaje. Muy bien representado por este gran actor, como era Charlton Heston.

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

You said it beautifully in Spanish. I understood every word. Muchas gracias.

[@alisonn7200]

Truly one of the greatest endings in cinematic history.

[@granthendriksz2507]

What about Forest Gump!

[@lawrencebittke8478]

I saw EL CID with my Dad when I was 8. I had a boyhood crush when I saw Sophia Loren on the silver screen. I was absolutely smitten by her. What beauty! What class! What elegance!

[@50zcarsman]

"All that you see, I owe to pasta".

[@markmeade2937]

One of the all time greats, Heston is outstanding as El Sid..... The film is an absolute classic, great writing and direction and a wonderful cast ......

[@renoleta5]

Aquel que en buena hora nació, y en buena hora ciño espada.....grande eres mio Cid. Burgos, cabeza de Castilla , tierras del Cid

[@scootertart]

magnificent ending to a magnificent film - never get bored of watching this movie, pure classic

[@beatrizespinosaferrada1078]

La acabo de ver por enésima vez.. El cid Campeador...un caballero fiel ...a su rey...Dios y a España..que aún muerto ganó batallas!!...excelente...

[@hifaso]

A sequência final de El Cid assombrou a minha infância, assombrou a minha vida inteira. O cavaleiro estático e imaculado recebe uma luz, um reflexo do sol do crepúsculo, e o órgão (o meu instrumento favorito) irrompe grandiosamente, com a solenidade de uma epifania. O último take projeta o cavaleiro, o homem, que atravessa todo o screen, passa da vida de sofrimento finalmente para a lenda. Jamais encontrei outro momento que me marcasse tanto.

[@beatrizsanchez9814]

Essa cena é super emocional. Você sabia que não está realmente a galopar na beira do mar? É um efeito do cinema da época! Ele realmente está indo ao longo da estrada desde Torrelobatón, Valladolid, a cena da cidade ao principio do filme com a ponte e o castelo onde Don Rodrigo entra com os três prisioneiros. O assunto surgiu numa conferência na Filmoteca de Salamanca sobre o filme.

[@DanielRamos-uf3ui]

Excelente!

[@sanchez9159]

Pra mim, é o melhor final de filme da história. Uma obra de arte essa cena.

[@cbi1991]

I first saw this when I was 12 years old. it made a really deep impression on me, just like ben-hur did. the ending with the dead cid on his horse was heart breaking.

[@christinepaige2575]

Same here. I'll never forget it. I was not expecting that thundering chord from the pipe organ when the Cid rode out from the city gate, and it hit me like a ton of bricks and the tears just poured from my eyes and kept on falling. It was an unforgettably stirring moment, one of the really superb feats of film making, imo.

[@midnightmosesuk]

Same here, but I was exhilarated by it, that someone could be elevated to such a heroic status and, in a way, overcome his own death. He became immortal that day.

[@d4v1d85]

don't worry, as Ordoñez said: The cid won't die never, regards from Castille in Spain, the heart of the Hispanity and Christianity.

[@justinneill5003]

And me also. It was a seismic moment. I was also a child when I first saw it and at first I didn’t even understand that he was really dead. The takeaway from this is that he sacrificed everything, including his life, for his country.He saved Spain and left it with a king whom he had inspired to become fit to wear the crown.

[@WobblinGoblin1]

Same here. I was just a child when I saw El Cid for the first (and only) time. I remember three things most about it: the Cid riding out on his horse while being propped up dead, Charlton Heston, and Sophia Loren.

[@qv2539]

"Heavenly Father, open your arms to receive the soul of one who lived and died the purest knight of all." One of the greatest lines in cinema history.

[@scatalin09]

I’ve seen the Cid at 6, in communist Romania. It make such a strong impression on me. I guess even the comrades were amazed by Loren, or maybe our own country’s struggle to escape the Muslim yoke and regain freedom was enough to bypass atheistic censorship. This movie is about our history, our identity, and what should never be forgotten!

[@johnsanjuan9364]

El CID, Europe Needs You, Señor!

[@johnsanjuan9364]

🇪🇺

[@marco-antoniotrujillo6944]

Desde España, no olvidamos. From Spain, we shall never forget my ancestors struggle with the criminal Islamic creed.

[@maryannparrish2570]

@@marco-antoniotrujillo6944 / Never forget!🌹

[@kayharker712]

YES - what a hero - Achilles ? Lancelot ? Roland ? - no - we want Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar.

[@Saratogasaratoga]

More than ever!

[@jessesands4099]

I can't begin to tell you how much I love this scene from El Cid especially the organ music and the looks on the Moors faces priceless cinema!😊👑🐎🐴⚔️🎪🇪🇸

[@jessesands4099]

"And Thus The Cid Rode Out Of The Gates Of History And Into Legend"! Totally Absolutely brilliant Line one of the best in Movie History! Also the Organ music totally perfect and one of the greatest endings to any movie I have ever seen!😃🧔🐴🐎⚔️🛡️🎪🏰🇪🇸🎬🎞️📽️🎼🎼🎼🎼

[@keysersoze5920]

Was it Alec Guinness narrating?

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

@@keysersoze5920 I don't know, but it was perfect.

[@mikser]

This always sends chills up my spine. The organ solo, a work of genius whilst the glare from the Cid's helm blinds the Berber army. Inimitable.

[@georgegreenberg5267]

El cid was a clever man he sided with sides rhsr were stronger he switched back and forth for his own gain

[@gregknipe8772]

its a fantasy that feeds conflicts even today.

[@sleepyjoe8908]

@@gregknipe8772 found the jew

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

​@@sleepyjoe8908lol

[@richardtift5977]

This was a movie compare to the crap they show today!

[@RufusTFirefly-ch8yo]

I´ve always wondered how must Anthon Mann´s face expression have altered when he read the last page of the script and learned that the story ends with the main character winning a battle while being already dead. And it is admirable how well it is solved, the camera keeps exactly the right distance, so far that the - non spanish - public doesn´t know that he is dead but so close that it also realizes that there is something fishy going on. The horse with its nervous tipping provides also the perfect counterpoint to Heston´s rigidity. And the zoom when he crosses the gates...and the charge... wonderful.

[@xadinsufi]

Heavenly father open your arms to receive the soul of one who lived and died the purest knight of all.

[@misterpodkayne]

This ending is ridiculous, the cid survived the battle and he returned to live with Chimene, you can check in the history books. That said, it remains a magnificent movie.

[@TheSocratesofAthens]

One of the few to win a battle after his death.

[@vernondodge1689]

This didn't happen - historically El Cid passed away when he was OLD. This version while inaccurate sells mucho more tickets 😮. Doesn't take away from the excellence of this film!

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

"that's a cool banner you have there Bibar, can I hold it?" "From my cold, dead hand...."

[@jankris4138]

And there he went to immortality...

[@johns123]

I grew up on this film, what a masterpiece

[@franksgreen]

the spirit of a true warrior....Even dead he carries on his battle!!!

[@seymourskinner2533]

He didn’t have much say in it at that point 😅

[@Josereyes-qz6rv]

I was only 10 years old chen I saw this wonderful movie..and now with 69 years whenever y can I se again.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

I saw this when it first came out. I was a scoffing teenager at the time, an American kid lucky enough to be living his first year in Europe, and maybe I still am a scoffing teenager, but I was wowed by this ending. Unbeliever or not I admired the medieval purity of the feeling this scene conveyed. I note that for years I've misremembered the last line. I thought it was "...The most perfect knight of Christendom." I was also wowed by "Ben Hur" which came out at about the same time. In the decades (and dozens of movies, and two tours in the Vietnam War, and the right wing attack on the American people) since 1961 I had plenty of time to get tired of Charlton Heston's swaggering foolishness.

[@ptolemy7783]

Miklos Rozsa is a legendary music composer... the music is so inspiring....

[@BurmarFlash1]

I am spanish. The Cid was the greatest spanish man of all times, and icon of brave and faith. THE ONLY ONE MAN KNOWN IN WORLD HISTORY WHO FOUGHT AFTER DEATH.

[@Huma270490]

Como español, ya te digo yo que no. Si miras su historia veras que era un mercenario, combatiendo contra moros y contra cristianos segun le convenia, nada del heroe mitico que mucha gente cree que es. Te invito a buscar informacion feaciente de lo que se sabe de el, quedaras decepcionado. Ocurre con todos esos "heroes", una cosa es como el cine o la literatura los hace parecer, otra totalmente diferente el como fueron ( en la medida de lo que se puede saber, logicamente).

[@uberalles6046]

@@Huma270490 Otro tonto creyéndose a pseu-dohistoriadores de escuela marxista anti-española. En fin...

[@Jorn41]

No, you just lack basic history knowledge. Lining up dead troops is a very old myth, even dating back to viking age!

[@williamkerr2121]

@@Jorn41 And you lack faith in any non political belief that makes your heart warm.

[@uboatskipper]

Maybe, but by then it wasn’t exactly his choice, was it?

[@albertovillamarin6947]

El Cid un caballero qué cabalga en la leyenda, pues después de muerto una guerra gano con una flecha clavada en su corazón...

[@patrickschoenpflug]

And Legend has it even to this day he still rides on his horse guarding the borders of Spain. A true legend of Spain 🇪🇸

[@AngelCatBaby]

How I love this movie, and I always was crying at the ending, I was a young teenager when I first seen it then, and made a dramatic impact on my life. Ben Hur is my favorite but El CID and the Ten Commandments comes next. Always admired Charlton Heston and his acting abilities, they always were strong and true to his character performances and what he stood for in life. He made a difference in his films. RIP Charles, may you rest in peace in God’s eternal heaven. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😇

[@irenemadrid3379]

He makes me proud of my Castilian heritage......

[@cumaaliinceler2295]

Irene please read tarık bin ziyad fatih sultan mehmet ottoman empire.

[@felixmonagas3972]

@@cumaaliinceler2295 lepanto

[@cumaaliinceler2295]

@@felixmonagas3972 preveze matmazel.

[@felixmonagas3972]

@@cumaaliinceler2295 tu madre

[@thutmoseahmose5128]

Castilian butchers who destroyed one of the greatest civilizations on earth the islamic civilization in Andalusia

[@art.s9421]

December 14th 1961 - First El CID file in America - I had the pleasure to be part of the 50-60-70-80-90-00-10 film decades.

[@DanCamposano-hl1yf]

No one can equal Charlton Heston as Moses, Ben -Hur, and El Cid. As a Canadian of Filipino and Spanish descent, I say El Cid is Spain's greatest warrior, a champion of Christians and Muslims.

[@kt9166]

"For God, The Cid, and Spain!" The King acknowledges that the sacrifice of The Cid to Spain is humbling and powerful. Miklos Rosza's use of pipe organ is brilliant, and always makes me cry.

[@dhmig88]

Such an epic film, as child I was so excited when it was on TV. It’s a shame that you never see it aired anymore and it’s extremely difficult to find on DVD or Blu Ray, this movie is up there with Ben-Hur and Spartacus. ⚔️

[@elxaime]

The director was such a stickler for authenticity that he hired real Almohads as extras.

[@deniseeulert5220]

When I first saw this scene a memory was triggered in me. I had, from my mother, a sixth grade reading book, with a section titled "Heroes from other lands" I recognized El Cid as being one of those stories when they got to the part about propping him up on his horse with the the bar to keep him upright. This book would have been in use, in Kansas, in the 1940's, so it's pretty cool. There were also short fiction stories set in other countries, particularly Asia, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Quite a breadth of cultural exposure for the time and the place.

[@peterwilkinson6601]

Lovely story, Denise. Thanks for sharing that particular memory, speaking as it does to an America within which ordinary normal Americans grew up to learn all about the wider world around them and to savour the different cultural histories. There's something especially poignant about the fact that your Mom was growing up in Kansas in the 1940s because -- all too sadly, as the events at The Capitol on January 6th amply demonstrated -- I've a feeling, Toto, that we're not in Kansas any more. Big thanks again.

[@songsmith31a]

One of the great cinematic spectacles, recalled from seeing the special screening in the London (UK) Odeon-Marble Arch cinema, equipped with the size of screen and sound system to do it justice, not least in that shot of Heston as El Cid aboard his white steed emerging to those thunderous organ notes.

[@PC-lu3zf]

The Cid is legendary the way he rode out dead on his horse 🐎 one of the greatest leaders in history.

[@paulgriggs6236]

I love this film the music the scenery ive watched EL CID many times i never tire of it, Charlton Heston perfect for this role the end scene always gets to me( Heavenly father open your arms to recive the soul of one who lived and died the purest knight of all)

[@sonycrocket73]

An epic film! I love it too!

[@roberttreborable]

Oh how Europe needs The Cid today...

[@johngialanellajr8650]

I hate to admit it, but the end of this movie is overpoweringly emotional to me ever time. I remember when my father took me and my sister to see this back in 1961, he said not to tell my mother that Charlton Heston dies in it. She was his number one fan.

[@xhopkins0612]

This has to be the most epic way to due and go out in the history of ever! I don't care what anyone says!

[@frankgallacher4799]

The moors seeing el cid on top of his horse with the sun rays reflection on his sheld thinking he was dead ,they literally most have shit themselves, thinking god is on his side.

[@Kohl423]

That music! So inspiring you simply cannot ignore the feeling it gives you as El Cid rides out a dead man on a horse, but more than a match for the forces of evil.

[@georgediiorio1065]

El cid my father period

[@jessesands4099]

Kohl423 The Music is Perfect! Enough said!🎼🎼🎼🎼

[@diegokaqui60]

Baddass but real cid was even more. He didn t die he just attacked and defeated the muslims that day.

[@EuSeiT]

What a man! Only Heston could have played this scene without looking silly. We no longer have any actors male enough who could play el Cid Campeador!

[@sulla1537]

Tom Hardy or Daniel Day Lewis might be able to fill the roll. More Lewis than anything.

[@arnoldstollar5375]

No.

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Yes

[@DonJuan-lg8vk]

They would say El Cid celebrates "toxic masculinity"

[@DG-dh2lt]

Antonio Banderas could

[@PatriciaTighe-n9t]

A jewel of a movie saw it when it came out in 1961 and still adore it ❤❤❤❤

[@rolandh4947]

gorgeous music by one of the greatest composer of the 20th century "Miklos Rozsa"

[@thefantasyreview8709]

One of the classic medieval movie scenes ever.

[@andythompson6874]

George Clooney made some snide, catty remarks about Charlton Heston's support of the NRA, and about Heston personally, when Heston was suffering from Alzheimers. I can assure you of one thing, Clooney could have never played this role, could have never matched Heston's personal character and patriotism, nor equaled Heston's class as a man and as a human being.

[@RedStretchLimo]

Heston had some good, even great, roles. This, unfortunately, was not one of them. That last scene was pretty poorly directed, no fault of Hestons'.

[@peterwilkinson6601]

@@RedStretchLimo [QUOTE] That last scene was pretty poorly directed, no fault of Hestons'. [UNQUOTE] What a pompous empty-headed remark from someone who as like as not coudn't direct an envelope through a letterbox, still less a film production as epic as this. Though you clearly know nothing at all about cinema, those who do rightly regard Mann's work here as amongst any director's best, from the climactic stripping out from the soundtrack of all audio other than the horse's hooves as the Cid's corpse is prepared for the last battle, right through to the moment when Mann allows Miklos Roza's astonishing score to explode with almost physical impact, the camera taking and holding a low angle against-the-sun shot of Heston as the organ resounds with all stops out. This was not the age of digital processing so it wasn't possible, as it is now, to process that entire down-to-and-through-the-gate sequence in CGI post-production (as would've been the case in 'Game of Thrones.') The light was pretty much uncontrollable and Heston's horse increasingly camera-shy despite the best efforts of the wranglers (if you knew anything at all about film editing you'd realise that Mann deliberately lets us have a quick glimpse of actor John Fraser reaching out spontaneously and unscripted to gentle the animal just as the cavalcade is completing its eerily quiet passage down the ramp to the outer gate). Some purists might reckon that to be a mistake, but Robert Lawerence, who edited the film, was one of the best in the business, and he and Mann together agreed to let the unintended view of Fraser's gesture stay in the final cut, a nod and a wink toothers who know the art and craft of film-making that hey, guys, this bit was real tricksy. Mann's work is amongst the finest of any Hollywood practitioner and the widest-ranging; 'El Cid' is a 100% gold-plated triumph which in its closing has Mann (father of famous 'Heat' director Michael) anticipating the future genius of Sergio Leone, arguably the greatest director of them all (folks who're genuinely interested should note this closing El Cid sequence to see how mastery of what's heard is actually as important as mastery of what's seen, and then if possible go view the first 12 minutes of Leone's matchless 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. Contrary to your glib unsubstantiated assertion, 'El Cid' is arguably the finest Hollywood epic ever made. In a role that he was born for, Heston was never, ever better: strong, noble, iconic, and credible.

[@peterwilkinson6601]

Why someone feels it necessary to sour the atmosphere with an irrelevant attack on George Clooney is mystifying. As for saying that Clooney "could never have matched Heston's peronal character and patriotism": what on earth is that supposed to mean? You alleging that Clooney is a Putin agent? Heston, like that other wonderful icon of Hollywood's golden days, was fallible. Wayne, who I adored, was daft enough to be honest enough about his pure blind patriotism: watch 'Green Berets' if you want to see patriotism at its most ill-judged. Heston was, it seems, hewn from the same rock fault: an actor who never seemed to realise that it wasn't his name that the grubby National Rifle Association of America wanted, but his. . . nobility. That was the misjudgment on which Clooney was calling him out. In his later years, Chuck possibly realised his mistake, but by then this generous-of-heart actor was in the public perception trapped in the persona of a noble, patriotic warrior. No matter which way he turned -- and in his later years, he sadly had little strength left to turn anywhere -- he was never going to escape that persona nor stop being the NRA's dupe. There's no shame to attach to Clooney. But plenty to attach to the NRA.

[@RedStretchLimo]

@@peterwilkinson6601 My, my. Someone has a lot of axes to grind, don't they.

[@peterwilkinson6601]

@@RedStretchLimo I'd respond to you if it was worth the effort.

[@TeamLNE]

Rumour has it that he's still riding to this very day 😉 What an epic movie!

[@roberluancoluanco]

A real christian warrior! Here at Spain we are in war with them since the year 711. Yes....since the eighth century!

[@ancientloredude]

The organ music when El CID steps out of the gates and when he is seen riding past the praying knights gets me every time.

[@isaacbarcelona5413]

Un auténtico héroe español 🇪🇦💪🏻💪🏻 harian falta unos cuantos con el valor, la palabra y los principios que tenía el CID para enderezar nuestro país ahora. Viva el CID y viva España de los españoles !!

[@paikuhansensei815]

La palabra "Cid" viene del árabe "sidi" que significa "señor", lo usan los árabes para describir a gente importante como muestra de aprecio, y nunca para describir a un enemigo. El cid lucho contra cristianos a favor de los musulmanes en numerosas ocasiones, era un mercenario muy inteligente que capitaneaba un batallón con mercenarios cristianos y musulmanes ; lo que cuentan los poemas que nos han llegado por vía oral hasta nuestros días son un producto de la imaginación.

[@paikuhansensei815]

@fabriccio no hay muchos datos, fuera de la poesía , sobre él. Si hablamos de los distintos reyes que había en Portugal, Castilla y León, Aragón, etc ; entonces si. Pero en la época del cid aún no había un gran fervor de guerra entre cristianos y musulmanes. Esto vendría más tras la primera cruzada del Papa Urbano ll, casi en el año 1100.

[@tipodeincognito8199]

Back when there was no CGI and things were epic as fuck... The last time i felt that was when I watched kingdom of heaven..

[@luvslogistics1725]

Mr Pink sadly kingdom of heaven was a very unfair representation and historically inaccurate. It had the modern flavor of Christianity is bad, Islam is noble, it’s actor had a 21st century conscience...

[@martyconroy3786]

So you know, this isn't exactly historically accurate either. If you want that, plenty of documentaries to watch.

[@willardsteele4857]

@@martyconroy3786 absolutely agree. But I think there is a point perhaps to be made that the Kingdom of Heaven protagonists seem very modern in their outlooks. A generation or two past it was probably easier to have the religious or premodern attitude. I think it is hard for writers and actors to really get themselves out of a 21st century attitude.

[@robertnegron9706]

CGI in Koh

[@railwaymechanicalengineer4587]

"El CID" FILMED IN SPAIN at the famous Spanish coastal town of Peniscola, with its huge Moorish era "Castle on the beach". (Roughly halfway between Tarragona & Valencia). A genuine fishing village when filmed in 1961, but sadly the film resulted in wall to wall tourist Hotels within just a few years. Which destroyed this little towns medieaval flavour, so now it looks more like Miami Beach in Florida USA today !!!

[@kevindavis8120]

I saw this movie at 10 years old in 1968. I went to bed after and saw Hestons haunted looking face. Hard time falling a sleep.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

The golden age of Hollywood epics.

[@jessesands4099]

"Heavenly Father Open Your Arms To Receive The Soul If The Purest Knight If All"! This scene can never ever be topped "EVER"!🤗🧔🐎🐴⚔️🛡️🏰🇪🇸🎼🎼🎼

[@drewprice8468]

Heavenly Father, open your arms to receive the soul Of one who lived and died the purest knight of all.

[@SgtLambert]

Classic Hollywood take on real history, but a magnificent movie and period romp. So many of Heston's movies are pure gold.

[@alejandroorellana1538]

hermosa pelicula, una obra de arte, ya no se hacen peliculas asi.

[@pmajudge]

WOW!! INDEED!!WHAT AN EPIC!!!POWERFUL!! POWERFUL !!!!THE TRUE "CROSS"" WAS FOUGHT FOR !!!!GREAT MOVIE!!LOVED IT!!THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.FROM(U.K.)

[@matthewtascone4672]

Some of Heston’s best acting in this scene.

[@theodoregrapsas4028]

For God, El Cid and Spain...Arriba Espana.....Spain today needs another Rodrigo.

[@andaluzijskimaur1589]

Hahaaa!

[@jessesands4099]

theodore grapsas That's for sure!😂

[@uboatskipper]

And Charlton Heston reminds us that the U.S. needs more dead Republicans.

[@luizcesarsteudel8640]

Um filme maravilhoso, assisti 7 vezes.

[@lailasiouan1708]

Strike.bin.zaid...youssif.bin.tachfine.......

[@jeanday9747]

I remember very little of this movie so I'm going have to watch it again.

[@generalpublic3744]

I was lucky to see the film in 1962 when it was on the big screen. I know there are huge wide screen TV's now, but for me it really has to be seen on a cinematic screen to do the film justice, particularly the battles at Valencia.

[@AlexandreOliveira1974]

Wow... 1:51 the Windows chord!! Jokes apart, El Cid Campeador is a unique story. The construction of Spain passes through him.

[@dutchboyslim5951]

The West needs another El Cid

[@fernandocolladojimenez3801]

Un saludo desde Valencia 🇪🇦❤️

[@EngPheniks]

The final scenario of the El Cid campaign in AOE2: The Conquerors

[@Ninetey-el1mr]

Yuo mean, 6 : Reconquista?

[@EngPheniks]

"My poor Rodrigo. It's only his horse that ever lives. But the men mustn't find out or else they wouldn't have the strength and courage to face Yusuf" - Ximena Diaz

[@joseantonioquintero6051]

Este sí que es un actor para representar a él Cid, no el medio pelo de la serie.

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

These older films are so much better them most the crap made today. I saw Avatar and was so unimpressed I walked out 15 minuets before it finished. I don't care if I'm seen as out dated, I MUCH prefer films like this over 300 or most the rubbish out in modern times. These films are better quality in my opinion.

[@MichaelWilliams-mo1vv]

This film still rocks today

[@WilliamDoyle-rb6lt]

Look up the history of Rodrigo Diaz,you couldn't make the guy up. Great movie, Charlton was always kick but also a good athlete and rider.And I don’t think I was the only guy that was madly in love with Sophia Loren at this time.Who could do that mean girl look without saying a word better than her.