El Cid: Battle for Calahorra
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- This clip is of the action sequence in Anthony Mann's 1961 epic, El Cid. In this sequence, two competing king's champions, including El Cid (Charlton Heston), battle for the strategic city of Calahorra. Fight choreography was done by the legendary Yakima Canutt. The beautiful pageantry provides a sharp contrast to the exertion and punishment of the combatants in the contest being waged in this scene.
No stunt men! No 'Graphics" Fantastic. One of my favourite movies.
not sure about stuntman am pretty sure that wasn't heston that fall of the horse and had the horse run him over.
Very poor. Cid was devastated on the beginning and then had same energy as his opponent. And the duel.. "fascinating" attacks on the shield/weapon instead on the body.
You do not need billions of dollars and latest technology.
Today's reconstructors fighting more interesting and better than in this movie
They made great movies in those days with great characters and actors in them, this was a real classic in so many ways
Best fight scene ever! No CG here. Just pure, raw energy and physical strength. Takes your breath away just watching it! 👍🇬🇧🎬🎥
My thoughts exactly
From Major Dundee to Ben Hur, nobody played those larger than life roles than Heston.
Saw this firstly in 1962. Became a fan of Mr Charlton Heston after that. Had the great honour, & privilege of meeting him, & his beautiful wife, Lydia, many times’ over the next three decades’. Very ‘down to earth’ people, & fabulous to converse with! Greatest thrills’ of my life!
One of Miklos Rozsa's finest scores. His music for this scene is unforgettable.
I saw EL CID with my Dad when I was 8. It was an awesome movie and I actually had a “boy crush” when I saw beautiful Sophia Loren on the screen.
Same here, she's an amazing looking woman. The love hate relationship was a fascinating thread through the film.
Sophia Loren, Maureen O'Hara, Lois Griffin at their best, yummy.
One of the few Cinematic fights where the participants actually look as if they are really trying to kill each other
Yes, that's the point of this scene. Mann had it choreographed by Enzo Musumeci Greco, an Italian fencing champion and expert on medieval swordsmanship who basically did most of the sword fight choreography in every Italian costume dramas and then went into helping staging fights in a lot of Hollywood epics shot in Europe. He added a quality of realism that up to that time was completely missing from movie sword fights. He created a movie swordfighting training school that's now run by his nephew (another former fencing world champion). The Musumeci Greco family had a long tradition on this - I believe their traditional fencing academy is now world's oldest
Fantastic
Never saw better - except in Los Angeles after dark, where 405 and 91 meet.
And, despite the double-handed swords looking to be light steel or even aluminium absolutely correct weaponry and use. Without the film to hand I am trying to recall who was his opponent and who played the King.
@@signorellil Some expert.... jousting from wrong sides. 😆 (Morning star was a good choice.) Swordfight is silly, only trying to slash trough steel armor. No attempt to wrestle down. Opening oneself long time with every slow haymaker slash. Then - a weak slash suddenly cuts thick steel and it is over.
I was ten years old, when I first saw this movie and fell in love with Genevieve Page. To this day, I think it is one of the best portrayals of a sociopath ever.
Rodrigo Diaz di vivar, Europe needs another man like you right now.
My sister married one of his descendants.
🙂✝️
Greetings from Calahorra!!!
This particular scene was shot in Belmonte, province of Cuenca in Spain. The castle that appears is real and is a 15th century castle if I am not mistaken. Nowadays you can visit it, I did it a few months ago and it is impressive. The village that appears is also the same and you can distinguish the church with its collegiate church. In this village was born an important Spanish writer Fray Luis de León.
I remember Mum (RIP) and my elder brother saying that I was making so much noise crying in the cinema back in the '60's that they had to leave bless 'em.
One of my favourite movie scenes ever . . .
As movies go..this was a good one
.still is.
I first saw this in Torquay around 1962. It remains one of my favourite films. The combat scene was unlike anything I had ever seen before. The setting, the colours and the emotions portrayed just superb
Proper old style Hollywood. Heston was superb in those roles
This is the golden age of Hollywood.
Not made in Hollywood or by Hollywood
It doesn't get much better than this. SL, CH. One of the best films ever made. Thank you leO 👍🎥👋🇬🇧
Blood on Heston's blade as he kneels. Great action scene. Bravo!
There was nothing quite like watching El Cid on the big screen. The full effect and enormity of the classic epic made an impact on a impressionable youngster aged six! I was transfixed and watched it all right through. It was a long film, but the battle at the end was the basis for my love of tactical strategy games now.
Fantastic sequence, saw it as a kid at the cinema when it came out, still draw back as if in 'the line of fire' with every blow. Marvellous film altogether, watch it every few months, never tire. And a wonderful score too.
Absolutely fantastic stuff, one of the best in all cinematic history
For God, for the Cid and for Spainnn!!
To było kiedyś oddanie dla ojczyzny
wished humanity to find back such honor back
Great scene from one of the greatest films ever made.
A character of history so great, so epic, so beloved that only Moses could play it.
I saw this spectacular production when it was given a special screening that utilised
the full visual and audio equipment that the Odeon, Marble Arch, London W1 was
able to provide many years ago. The brilliance of the filmed scenes and the huge
immediacy of the sound were what I remember. They don't make 'em like that
anymore!
Miklos Rozsa's score adds so much to the tenor of these scenes.
From 2:04 to 2:13, soundtrack briefly brings the tune of one of the 'Cantigas de Santa Maria' by Castillan / Leonese King Alfonso X, the Wise. It's "CSM 7 - Santa Maria amar devemos muit' e loar". Quite interesting the composer made this insertion!
The CSM (400+) were composed through the 2nd half of 1200 century (the king died in 1284), more than 150 years after the life and deeds of El Cid. They're a monument for medieval art in MANY senses - yes, musical notation is plainly registered in the 4 known Codices, which has been studied through centuries.
Superb ! music, actors all perfect in this scene
Sometimes I wish trial by combat would return. In our civilized society of today, justice is not served.
I remember seeing this back in 1972 in Westover Grammer School. We saw it in 2 parts. Boy those were the days. But of course during the romantic scenes we kids would cover our faces. But over all very great movie 🎥. Those times were a-okay 👌.
Such a brilliant film.
Love this bit of the film when I was a kid . . .
Memories of me as a kid playing Age of Empires II come to my mind...I was playing El Cid campaign and building small villages all around...hurling monks everywhere and using only El Cid to fight... :P
Oh God...nostalgia.
Eu era muito jovem quando assisti esse filmaço . Até os dias atuais com 60 anos, ainda me lembro da história.
What we need is a remaster of "El Cid" and its release on 4K. If they can turn out 4ks of forgettable, grade B horror films, it would be a travesty not treat "El Cid" with the same care and distribution.
Not a bad idea, as long as they don't inject a modern perspective in the story line.
Charleton Heston was made for this heroic role. He was the El Cid.
Grabbing the saddle was a surprise but a great tactical idea
Viva nuestro Cid Campeador! Viva España!! Dios bendiga al Cid!!
Viva
Viva El Cid. O maior campeão da Espanha
¿Cuál Dios? ¿Yaveh, Dios, Allah? Es que combatió por todos ellos. A cambio de dinero.
Castillo de Manzanares el Real. About 50 kms far from Madrid. A nice excursion, close to the Guadarrama Sierra
@@carlossantamariapico1571 Si te destierran de Castilla al menos 2 veces, y estás rodeado de reinos de Taifas moros, no te queda más remedio que trabajar para comer, y lo que mejor sabía hacer El Cid es batallar, pues tuvo que ir a la Taifa de Zaragoza por ejemplo a prestar sus servicios al rey Moro..Cómo diablos iba a vivir si era una España casi entera musulmana, si te destierran? Era común la guerra de cristianos contra cristianos, moros contra moros, y entre ellos..Así que lo del Cid era completamente normal en ese tiempo..pero como buen castellano el era cristiano..de eso no hay dudas…
The music here is the most interesting thing. Miklos Rozsa used 2 of the 13th Century Cantigas of Santa Maria for the fast music there at the start. A good film, very stylised hero archetype.. This was the last scene they shot in the whole film, and it shows a little. Notice how the knights charge the WRONG way, with their shields NOT facing their opponents' lance sides. They're driving on the wrong side! You'd have thought Franco's cavalry who were on site would have got that right.
Nobody could have pulled this scene off like Heston.
[Gives Ximena her blood-soaked scarf back]: "You colors are no longer black!" epic line
What a masterpiece!
A fact, a lot of folks didn't know that both King Fernando of Castile, and King Ramiro of Aragon were both brothers, Ramiro being the younger illegitimate half brother.
Hence the point of the duel.
4:41 absolutely brilliant! Reportedly this scene was quite liked by Sergio Leone
The Cid with that bare throat, the gorget not coming up to cover his neck. Friggin' Hollywood Medieval.
That was brutal. And Sophia Loren was awesomely beautiful.
Calahorra.La primera conquista del campeador DEL CID!!!!
Haven't seen it in decades but always renember the cids last charge
This is a cinematic experience that defines the word epic! My favorite Heston movie!
I hope everyone notices how nasty it is when Rodrigo give Ximena her blood-soaked scarf back and says, "Your colors are no longer black."
ElCid one of the top 5 greatest knights ever
Long Live Castille and El Cid. Castille and El Cid was and is Spain.
Proud to have had Spanish ancestor
i have too
thetrooth 99 we still have that.... but you know you can challenge someone in the street. We are in 2017.
Be sure Bruce that your ancestor will also be proud of you, because Spain belongs to everyone who honors her with a noble soul.
José Ramón Samaniego hi Jose I am English but I do have Spanish on my grandmother side it goes back three or four generations we don’t know who they are it’s only a little bit my sisters son has a Spanish girlfriend he is learning Spanish off her so that can’t be bad they live in London we had holidays in Spain when I was younger Spain is a lovely country and has a great history we are (part English part Scottish part Spanish and we think there may be german there as well (we are right mongrels ha ha) the wheel turns full circle with my sister son and his girlfriend from Spain
U recognice the age, but to be honest, more heroic and epic than most stuff u see today!
Heston was in a class of his own...
To whom does Calahorra belong?!
Awsome scene! :)
Calahorra is an spanish village in region of la Rioja,(famous for his wines).Born in roman (179 B.C),in 405 A.C the visigothic barbarians conquest de city,in 711 the muslims invaders destroy the visigothics and conquest the city.In 1092 The Cid reconquest for christian kingdoms the city and the castle,finally,in 1512 the spanish catholic kings pacify the Rioja zone.One of spanish villages with long history.But the castle in film is the castle of Belmonte,the thrue castle of Calahorra is this: czcams.com/video/Uq6O6uJd--o/video.html
salozinp That’s not the castle of Calahorra, really. La Calahorra is a town in southern Spain, in the province of Granada. Calahorra’s castle has been long gone, where it once stood, now lays a XVII century church.
I can't imagine what it would cost to do this shot and build this set today, not to mention just all the costumes alone.
A great work of art
Spain wonderful country
Heston must of been a time traveler.
There can only be one!
Those guys fight like Terminators :))
This is truly ah great action film!! El rocks!
England needs El Cid now.
Proud to be Spanish.
"I'll give you my sword when you pry it from my cold, dead hands" - Charlton Heston
Why can't we settle all disputes with Trial by Combat?
One of the knight combat scents ever.
Great Epic 🎥 cast. El. Cid. ****
ok. WHY IS THIS MOVIE NEVER ON TV CABLE OR WHATEVER???? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Contact the people at TCM!
Epic 👍👌
Fantastic music
i love cid
Problem is, no one could possibly have survived that many whacks with a mace. But quite a show.
Naturally it's a show, but from a practical point it depends on where the mace strikes.
Just re-watched the sequence, and you'll notice all the mace strikes except perhaps 1 were intercepted by the shield. Yes, it was choreographed, but comparatively little plot armor.
@@JohnWilson-zh3il Well, not only does the first one hit him right in the head, but the horse tramples him a couple of times.
Of course Heston has to win. Sophia looks good no matter what she wears.
In Texas, we still settle disputes in mutual combat.
I don't think any of today's millennials and woke crowd would survive such a time when masculinity and mental fortitude were a necessity such as back then.
Well, not to complain, but my sister used to do things like scratch up my video games, and tore out a page of one of my comics because I annoyed her. She also told me to kill myself in in a number of occasions right in front of my parents. Who usually told me to take it on the grounds that I was a "big guy". Not that they ever said that to or about anyone else. In any case, having read the D"Artagan Romances (Three Musketeers) it is spelled out that "masculinity" is about being rich, powerful, and whatever that society seems cultured.
@@fredfry5100 that was not even masculinity back then, it was about responsibility, self-control, purpose, courage, and above all... honor.
very good
0:28 left background: The Calahorra industrial area
Yeah well how else did they build their Horses? :P
Maxim Kretsch really?
Actually it's the town of Belmonte, in Cuenca.
not true dude
It is Belmonte I have been there, as well as Penniscola and Torrebalaton, fantastic castles.
!!!!!!! excelente
Castilla y Aragón lucharon por Calahorra?? yo pensaba que lucharon Castilla con Navarra...
FANTASTISCH 🎉
La reconquista saved Europe.
That's bull. Islamic rule saved Europe and ushered in its Golden Age. The Arabic to Latin translators of Toledo spread scientific and literature works that led to the Renaissance.
HISPANIA AETERNA..
I heard that the late Francisco Franco considered the story of El Cid Campeador so important to Spanish culture, he volunteered two regiments of the Spanish army for the battle scenes, much to the ire of NATO.
As long as those Spanish regiments didn't invade NATO, there is not much to ire about
I don't think that's possible, since Spain joined NATO in 1982...
@@isidroramos1073 that is what I thought 💡. I know the higher ups at NATO didn't want Spain to join as long as Franco was in power.
The two most beautiful things in this film. Rozsa's score, and Loren.
Apparently, they used a time machine and brought some more developed armor from the 13th century.
Esta rodado en España, en el pueblo de Belmonte, cuenca
ella ya sabia por eso fue de luto.
@cripplehawk These are not claymores, which are unique to Scotland. These are double-handed greatswords which, incidentally, didn't exist at that time either. The film is deliberately stylised to fit a hero myth motif, based partly on Corneille.
What's an Italian doing in Calahorra? And a beautiful one at that!
Is that one of the actual castles in the background? I've always wondered that!
The castle does reallly exists, it's called Belmonte. It's in Castile (Ciudad Real or Cuenca provinces, not sure) but about 300 km south of Calahorra...
The castle is in Belmonte (Cuenca) Spain, and it really exists, built by Juan Pacheco, Marquis of Villena, it is in a perfect state of conservation. I have visited it a few times and it is spectacular. It also has a museum of medieval war weapons. Spain has the highest average of fortified castles for the defense of the world, because the Christians had to defend themselves against the continuous attacks of the Muslims...
Don't mess with Moses.
Representa la batalla de Calahorra pero el castillo es el de Belmonte en Cuenca.
To whom does Calahorra belong?!
It's a good film I watched many times as a child, but the older you get you realise how daft it is. El Cid born 1043 and died 1099 in Spain is in this scene fighting with a 15th century two handed Scottish claymore. But that's the yanks for you, no respect for history.
Ya no se hace cine tan bueno
Se rodó en Belmonte, provincia de Cuenca ( al sureste de Madrid).
Wow. She was a total fox. Sophia Loren, back in the year I was born.
Where is the orchestra ?