Overview
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, “Mio Cid”, is in love with Jimena, but the Count of Oviedo, his father, challenges him to a duel and is killed. He before him curses Rodrigo, that if he marries Jimena, he will lose his manly faculties. And, in fact, when he gets married, Rodrigo becomes effeminate.
Cast
- Ángel Cristo as Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
- Carmen Maura as Jimena
- Manolo Gómez Bur as Emir de Zaragoza
- Paquita Rico as Doña Urraca
- Azucena Hernández
- Pepe Da Rosa as Ben Yusuf IV, el Cachondo
- Luis Varela as Alfonso
- Luis Escobar as Fernando de Castilla
- Adriana Vega as Paquita
- Rafaela Aparicio as Madre de Rodrigo