El Valle de las espadas
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| Directed by | Javier Setó |
| Produced by | Sidney W. Pink |
| Written by | Paulino Rodrigo Luis de los Arcos Javier Setó |
| Screenplay by | Paulino Rodrigo Luis de los Arcos Javier Setó |
| Based on | Poema de Fernán González |
| Starring |
Cesar Romero Frankie Avalon |
| Music by | José Buenagú |
| Cinematography | Mario Pacheco |
| Edited by | Richard Mayer Margarita de Ochoa |
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Producciones Cinematográficas M.D. S.L.
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. (USA) |
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Running time
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120 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | English |
The Castilian (Spanish: El Valle de las espadas) is a 1963 film about Fernán González of Castile, the first independent Count of Castile, who lived and reigned in the early 10th century, and is considered an important figure in the Spanish Reconquista.
This film was directed by Javier Setó. Filmed in Spain; exteriors filmed in Burgos and Peñafiel (Valladolid).
Don Sancho (Broderick Crawford) is a despotic 10th century castilian king who, in cahoots with the invading Moors, has banished handsome Castilian nobleman Fernán González (Espartaco Santoni). With the surreptitious aid of Don Sancho's daughter, Sancha (Tere Velázquez), Fernán González assembles an army to march against the Moors.
The film was known as The Valley of the Swords. Linda Darnell was supposed to be in the film but had to bow out and was replaced by Alida Valli.
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