100 Horsemen (1964)

Original title

I cento cavalieri

Directed by

Vittorio Cottafavi

Genre

adventure film

Country

Germany, Italy

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In medieval Spain, a Moorish leader and his son lead a rebel group of one hundred horsemen to fight against Christian forces. The story follows their battles and struggles for control of a castle.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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