0:02:40 > 0:02:45'This is Spain, 1080 years after the coming of Christ.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48'It is a war-torn, unhappy land -
0:02:48 > 0:02:51'half Christian, half Moor.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57'This is the time and the story of Rodrigo Diaz of Bivar,
0:02:57 > 0:03:02'known to history and to legend as El Cid, "The Lord".
0:03:02 > 0:03:07'He was a simple man who became Spain's greatest hero.
0:03:07 > 0:03:14'He rose above religious hatreds and called upon all Spaniards, whether Christian or Moor,
0:03:14 > 0:03:19'to face a common enemy who threatened to destroy Spain.
0:03:19 > 0:03:27'This enemy was gathering his savage forces across the Mediterranean Sea on the north shores of Africa.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31'He was the African Emir, Ben Yusuf.'
0:03:50 > 0:03:55The Prophet has commanded us to rule the world.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00Where in all your land of Spain is the glory of Allah?
0:04:00 > 0:04:04When men speak of you, they speak of poets,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08doctors, scientists. Where are your warriors?
0:04:08 > 0:04:12You call yourselves sons of the Prophet? You are women!
0:04:12 > 0:04:18Burn your books, make warriors of your poets.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Let your doctors invent new poisons for our arrows,
0:04:22 > 0:04:28let your scientists invent new war machines and, then, kill! Burn!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Infidels live on your frontiers.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Encourage them to kill each other.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39And when they are weak and torn, I will sweep up from Africa.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45And thus the empire of the one God, the true God, Allah, will spread.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48First across Spain.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Then across Europe.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Then the whole world!
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Heavenly Father, we are lost and in darkness.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Once again they destroy our towns,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26hold our people in bondage.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Please help us, Father.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Send us someone who will take us to the light.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Father...
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Here, come.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52The cross.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57The cross.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27We couldn't save your village, but we captured their leaders.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Who are you?
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Rodrigo Diaz of Bivar.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Bivar?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40You're a long way from home.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Sir, you are not dressed for battle.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48This was to have been my wedding day, Father.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52How is it you came here, my son?
0:06:52 > 0:06:57I thought this would be the shortest road to my bride.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- We are ready, my lord. Do we hang them now?- No, not yet.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09They come to Bivar with us.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25CHEERING
0:07:44 > 0:07:47No! Stop!
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Fernando, put down those stones!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Welcome home, my son.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- Here are some Moorish prisoners. - We didn't expect such wedding guests.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- Are you holding them for tribute? - They're your prisoners, sir.
0:08:05 > 0:08:11They're yours. You captured them. You must decide what to do with them.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Hang them! Now!
0:08:17 > 0:08:23There will be a great ransom for you if you let us live.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29You were ready enough to kill. It would seem you are less ready to die.
0:08:29 > 0:08:37- I am ready, my Lord Rodrigo. I have no desire to live to see what is coming to all of us.- What IS coming?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Wars, death and destruction.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Blood and fire, more terrible than has ever been seen by living man.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08Don Diego, I'll take your prisoners back to the King at Burgos.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12They are not my prisoners. They are my son's.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18Forgive me, Don Rodrigo. It will be YOUR prisoners we hang in the palace square.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24We will hang their bodies high! CROWD SHOUT IN AGREEMENT
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Lord Ordonez, these prisoners will not go to Burgos.
0:09:32 > 0:09:40- The King will be just as pleased if you hang them now.- We've killed them for years. Has it brought us peace?
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Hang me and my sons will not rest while a Christian is alive in Bivar.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51What other way is there to treat the Moors?
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Do you want these people to live in fear for the rest of their lives?
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Antonio, do you want to see your church burned, too?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Your village destroyed?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Then kill them!- Don Diego!
0:10:09 > 0:10:16Tell your son it is treason to refuse to give prisoners to an officer of the King.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Rodrigo knows what he must do.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Do you solemnly pledge never again to attack King Ferdinand's country?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I do.
0:11:03 > 0:11:10We have a word for a warrior with the vision to be just and the courage to be merciful.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13We call such a man "El Cid".
0:11:13 > 0:11:20I, Mutamin, Emir of Zaragoza, pledge my friendship to the Cid of Bivar,
0:11:20 > 0:11:25and allegiance to his sovereign lord, King Ferdinand of Castile.
0:11:25 > 0:11:32May Allah strike the eyes from my head and the flesh from my bones if I break this pledge.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34In the name of Allah!
0:11:39 > 0:11:42In the name of Allah.
0:11:50 > 0:11:57In the name of Ferdinand, King of Castile, Leon and Asturias, I charge you with treason.
0:11:57 > 0:12:04Within seven days you will appear before the King at Burgos to answer these charges.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20You did take the shortest road, my son.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Not to your bride, but to your destiny.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27God sent you to us, my son.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30God sent you.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Rodrigo!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58But I did hear a sound.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05He should have been here by now. Why is he so late?
0:14:05 > 0:14:10He's not late, my lady. He was to be here at sundown. It's barely noon.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Yes.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21You don't really understand how love keeps time.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Later means sooner, sundown means noon.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Still, a man on a horse can move only so fast.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40- No matter how much the man is in love.- Yes, my lady.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49All night long I kept thinking.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Oh, the Moors have ambushed him!
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Oh, yes. He's been attacked by a madman.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58He's fallen ill.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06They say all women in love are tormented that way.
0:15:06 > 0:15:13Because they don't dare believe that such happiness can really be theirs.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- VOICES OUTSIDE - Oh!
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Help me, please.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42The gown is...
0:15:42 > 0:15:44very beautiful.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Your Highness is...
0:15:47 > 0:15:49very gracious.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53It is not often we are so...honoured.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56No, it is not an ordinary day.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Then you have not heard?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01There has been news.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Oh, yes!
0:16:04 > 0:16:08News of...of Rodrigo, Your Highness?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Of Rodrigo.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13The gown is so beautiful.
0:16:13 > 0:16:20Your Highness... Your Highness. Can you tell me what has happened to Rodrigo?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Yes, I can tell you.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29- You knew that Rodrigo was on his way here?- Yes.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35That there was a battle? You knew there was a battle with the Moors?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Chimene.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02My father, tell me.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Rodrigo's been hurt?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08No, Rodrigo's alive and well.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10You love him so much.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Two names.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20My father... And Rodrigo.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Chimene... you are my only child.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I have no wife.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29You alone can carry my blood.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I should have had a son.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- But...Rodrigo will be your son.- No!
0:17:42 > 0:17:45You are young.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47You can learn to love again.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52Could I learn to love another father?
0:17:52 > 0:17:56It is not the same. There are others.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Chimene!
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Chimene!
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Don Garcia Ordonez. Tell me what has happened.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25You have always been a good friend.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I would be more to you, Chimene, if you'd let me.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- You know that can never be. - It can now.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Why now?
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Could you love a traitor, Chimene?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Since I love Rodrigo, the question can never have meaning.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It does now. Rodrigo is a traitor.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53- I do not believe you.- There were others there.- I do not believe them!
0:18:53 > 0:19:00I brought the charges against him. He is to be tried for treason against the King.
0:19:00 > 0:19:07- You would do anything to hurt Rodrigo. - No, I would do anything to win you.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10What if these charges are true?
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- They're not true! - But many saw it.- They are lying!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18You will see for yourself.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47< His Majesty,
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Don Ferdinand, the King, our Lord,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55King of Castile, Leon and Asturias!
0:20:57 > 0:21:00TRUMPET FANFARE
0:21:10 > 0:21:14And the infantes - Prince Sancho...
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Prince Alfonso...
0:21:30 > 0:21:34and the Princess - Dona Urraca!
0:21:42 > 0:21:49You are here at this court to give your solemn advice on a matter of great import.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54Garcia Ordonez has invoked a charge of treason against Rodrigo of Bivar.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57LOUD MUTTERING
0:22:26 > 0:22:29COMMOTION CONTINUES
0:22:29 > 0:22:32His treason is certain.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10You shouldn't have come.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Then I'll go.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23No...another moment.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Oh, for ever!
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Besides, there is no danger.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- No danger?- No.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- < ARGUING CONTINUES - Listen to them.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It doesn't matter.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Because I know you're not guilty.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- You don't even know what I've done.- No.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52But I know it was not treason.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56What did you do?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I let a man live.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Five men.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06But how can they call that treason?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10< ANGRY SHOUTS
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Who are these five men?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Emirs.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33Moors...? You let Moors live? Why?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35I'm not sure it was right.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I don't know. I think it was...
0:24:40 > 0:24:43It happened strangely.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I was on my way to you.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I can't even remember where I was.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55There must have been roads, trees and people.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59All I remember is your face.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02There was a battle I fought, too.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06My heart wasn't in my sword. I saw your face.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Suddenly I felt,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23"Why are we killing each other?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27"True, they're Moors, we're Christians..."
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Chimene...
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Do you understand what I'm trying to say?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Yes, but...
0:25:44 > 0:25:48There always have been wars between us.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I know.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Always.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03You don't think that... we could live in peace?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08< COMMOTION GETS LOUDER
0:26:11 > 0:26:19This is not a charge I would bring lightly against any man, especially a man who was to be my son.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24But a man who frees the enemies of the King, son or no son,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I must call such a man "traitor".
0:26:27 > 0:26:32Sire, he slurs the honour of our family.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35This cannot be.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I, too, was once the King's champion.
0:26:38 > 0:26:44That was many years ago. It's better to leave the matter in our hands.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49No, sire, there were things said here which cannot be forgotten,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52even in this royal assembly.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Count Gomez of Oviedo,
0:26:56 > 0:27:01when you call my son a traitor, I say you lie.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I am the King's champion.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11I would not want to shame my sword with an old man's blood.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Yet no man can call me a liar.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17LIAR!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42I don't really understand, Rodrigo.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46I only know if it grew out of our love...
0:27:48 > 0:27:51it must be right.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32- What do you want? - You shamed my father.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I want his name back.
0:28:35 > 0:28:42But not the way you left it. I want it clean so he can once more wear it proudly.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I cannot apologise.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47It is not that I do not want to.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50I do not know how to.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55People will esteem you the more for it.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00- Everyone will understand.- I have told you no. Go home, Rodrigo.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05I ask you nothing for myself.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I humble myself before you.
0:29:10 > 0:29:17- Have pity on a proud old man. - I have no pity for those who have outlived their usefulness.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Count...
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I beg you.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36See? Two words are all I ask.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Can you not say, "Forgive me"?
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I cannot.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I will not.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Now go.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54Don't make me stain my life and Chimene's with your blood.
0:29:54 > 0:30:02Go home, Rodrigo. No-one will think the less of you for not standing up against the King's own champion.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Don Tomas!
0:30:11 > 0:30:15I will ask you... only this last time.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Courage and honour are not dead in Castile.
0:30:20 > 0:30:26And now I remember why I thought you were worthy of my Chimene. Go home.
0:30:26 > 0:30:32What glory is there for the King's champion in killing you?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Can a man live...without honour?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54No.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Now, Count...
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Now I am satisfied.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Chimene...
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Chimene!
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Chimene...
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Father!
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- Chimene...- Father!
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- Father!- Avenge me.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26As my son would.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Don't let me die...
0:34:31 > 0:34:33unavenged.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Unavenged.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Oh, Father!
0:35:04 > 0:35:08I didn't seek your father's life, Chimene.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15No, but you knew he could only answer the way he did.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18And you were prepared to kill him.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25You bought your honour with my sorrow.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27There was no other way for me.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30The man you chose to love
0:35:30 > 0:35:38- could do only what I did. - Did you think the woman YOU chose to love could do less than you?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43I tried not to come.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46I tried.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50I told my love it had no right to live.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53But my love won't die.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01- Kill it!- You kill it! Tell me you don't love me.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I cannot.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Not yet.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20But I will make myself worthy of you, Rodrigo.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23I will learn to hate you.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29TRUMPET FANFARE
0:36:35 > 0:36:40Dona Chimene, daughter of the late Count Gomez of Oviedo,
0:36:40 > 0:36:43the King's lamented champion.
0:37:02 > 0:37:09Dona Chimene, never was there a moment when we needed your father more.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11His death is a great loss to us.
0:37:11 > 0:37:18And never did I regret more deeply that I am his daughter and not his son.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I will not stand on ceremony, Ferdinand.
0:37:38 > 0:37:44I have written to you about the city of Calahorra and received no answer.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48< Calahorra belongs to Aragon. I come to claim it.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Calahorra is a part of Castile.
0:37:51 > 0:37:57King Ferdinand of Castile, Leon and Asturias denies these claims.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Ramiro, King of Aragon, by the grace of God,
0:38:01 > 0:38:07challenges Ferdinand, King of Castile, Leon and Asturias to meet him in battle
0:38:07 > 0:38:11on the plains of Calahorra with all his forces.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17To the victor and his heirs the city of Calahorra shall belong for ever!
0:38:17 > 0:38:19No...
0:38:21 > 0:38:23All Spain is threatened by the Moors.
0:38:23 > 0:38:31What could give greater comfort to the enemy than to see two Christian armies tear each other to bits?
0:38:31 > 0:38:38Let the fate of Calahorra be decided by a single combat between your champion and mine.
0:38:38 > 0:38:44We know why you have chosen this moment. Our champion is dead.
0:38:44 > 0:38:50The gauntlet lies there. Let one man come forward or give up Calahorra.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Lord King, let me take up this gauntlet, sire.
0:38:56 > 0:39:02Why should we entrust the fate of a city to your inexperienced hands?
0:39:02 > 0:39:06It was I who killed your champion, sire.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11What man has a better claim to his place?
0:39:11 > 0:39:16Don Martin has killed 27 men in single combat. You know that.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Yes...
0:39:19 > 0:39:25- Yes, I know that.- Why, then, would you risk your life in this way?
0:39:25 > 0:39:30I stand accused of treason, sire. And of other things.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38I've not been permitted to answer these charges. You've not judged me.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Let me now offer myself before the highest judge.
0:39:43 > 0:39:49If I am guilty, God will direct Don Martin's lance to my heart.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54If I am innocent, let him be my shield.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59- He's never fought before. - He is strong, Father.
0:39:59 > 0:40:06- A city is at stake.- He defeated our champion.- It might have been from behind in the dark.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09That is not Rodrigo's way.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Let him fight, Father.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19He has much to fight for.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Rodrigo Bivar, take up the gauntlet.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31And may God give you strength.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35May God give me strength.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Why have you come to this place?
0:41:27 > 0:41:32BOTH: We have come to do battle for Calahorra.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Will you fight to the death?
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- We will.- We will. - Then fight for Calahorra!
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Don Martin! Don Martin!
0:42:12 > 0:42:18You were my father's enemy. Will you avenge him and wear my colours?
0:42:18 > 0:42:22My lady, I would be proud to wear your colours.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27I promise that he who has offended you shall die.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Until your triumph, my colour is black.
0:42:33 > 0:42:41Rodrigo, the champion of Castile cannot go into combat without a lady's colours.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43My lady.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11Almighty God, now the hour of my ordeal has come.
0:43:12 > 0:43:17Judge me and let all men know my guilt or innocence.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47Do you think Don Martin will kill Rodrigo?
0:43:51 > 0:43:54I hope he does, Your Highness.
0:43:54 > 0:43:59I'm sure you will understand why I do not join you in that hope.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03After all...we would lose a city.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09FANFARE
0:44:43 > 0:44:47CROWD CHEER
0:44:51 > 0:44:55He's held the first charge. Rodrigo's held!
0:47:35 > 0:47:38LOUD CHEERING
0:47:50 > 0:47:52To whom does Calahorra belong?
0:47:54 > 0:47:57Calahorra belongs...to Ferdinand
0:47:57 > 0:48:00and to Castile.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40God gave me strength, sire.
0:48:40 > 0:48:47Never have I seen a man fight with greater courage. Our Lord was surely with you.
0:48:47 > 0:48:52Who can deny that the charges brought against you were false?
0:48:52 > 0:48:55You will be my champion.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Your colours are no longer black.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11Until my father is avenged, my colours will be deepest black.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28Someone will avenge me.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30Someone will yet come forward.
0:49:30 > 0:49:36No. Not one knight in all Castile will risk his life against Rodrigo.
0:49:36 > 0:49:41- He is too dangerous. - Then why come to me?
0:49:41 > 0:49:45This is not just a momentary anger?
0:49:45 > 0:49:51- You want Rodrigo's death?- You would fight Rodrigo?- Not fight, kill him.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54I could fight him.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56It's not a question of courage.
0:50:04 > 0:50:09Before I first saw you, I was ready to throw my life away, but...
0:50:09 > 0:50:12Not now, Chimene.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15To kill him...
0:50:15 > 0:50:18How?
0:50:18 > 0:50:20I want your love, Chimene.
0:50:20 > 0:50:25More than I want honour, glory, wealth.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29You understand love like that.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32Yes... Yes, I do.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36Then I will kill him.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50Oh, Father!
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Why did you leave me such a burden?
0:50:57 > 0:51:04Rodrigo of Bivar, you are hereby our own champion and first knight of the realm.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08With this sword may you vanquish all our enemies.
0:51:22 > 0:51:28For the first time in generations, our Moorish vassals have refused to pay us tribute.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32They've been stirred to unrest by the African Moors.
0:51:32 > 0:51:38An expedition must be sent to collect that tribute. This will be your first task.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42May I prove worthy, sire.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46Sancho will go with you. May I prove worthy.
0:51:46 > 0:51:53Sire, this will be the first expedition of our Prince. Could I too accompany him?
0:51:53 > 0:51:58You have our permission, Count Ordonez.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02Spare our son Sancho no hardship or danger,
0:52:02 > 0:52:07but teach him also that peace not war is the real task of a king.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11CHURCH BELLS RING
0:52:30 > 0:52:33TRUMPET FANFARE
0:52:56 > 0:53:04Lord King, by ancient custom, when a lord deprives a lady of her support, he is himself required
0:53:04 > 0:53:07to give her shelter.
0:53:07 > 0:53:13I killed that lady's father. Therefore, if by God's will
0:53:13 > 0:53:20I return alive from this mission, will you give me Dona Chimene as my lawful wife,
0:53:20 > 0:53:26- to provide for and protect as her father would've done?- Yes, Rodrigo.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29Let there be an end to this hatred.
0:53:29 > 0:53:35The marriage will take place on your return. Dona Chimene will be ready.
0:53:55 > 0:54:00In nomine patris e filius et Spiritu Sancti. Amen.
0:54:17 > 0:54:21This is the man you hoped Don Martin would kill.
0:54:21 > 0:54:26- This is the man whose death you sought.- Yes, Your Highness.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Would you then still accept this marriage?
0:54:30 > 0:54:34If it is the King's order, I must obey.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52My Cid, beware!
0:56:15 > 0:56:18Help him!
0:56:39 > 0:56:43- My Lord Mutamin.- My Lord Cid.
0:56:43 > 0:56:48- You came in good time this day. - Praise be to Allah.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51You were betrayed by one of your own.
0:56:51 > 0:56:56Betrayed by a Christian? Saved by a Moor.
0:56:56 > 0:57:03- You've earned the enmity of your people. - It's what my Cid did for me.
0:57:03 > 0:57:08- If ever you have need of me. - If ever you have need of ME.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22GROANS >
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Ordonez...
0:57:30 > 0:57:36My Cid, before I die I want you to know that the woman you love
0:57:36 > 0:57:40offered herself to me if I would kill you.
0:57:50 > 0:57:54Kill him. Kill him. He betrayed us!
0:58:05 > 0:58:09No. Let him go.
0:58:09 > 0:58:14- They'll say I was too soft. - You must learn to think like a king.
0:58:14 > 0:58:19Any man can kill. Only a king can give life.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30I want no more blood on my marriage.
0:58:49 > 0:58:53RECITES IN LATIN >
0:58:57 > 0:58:59Volo.
0:58:59 > 0:59:02SPEAKS IN LATIN
0:59:08 > 0:59:11ASKS HER TO TAKE HER VOWS >
0:59:35 > 0:59:38Volo.
0:59:45 > 0:59:48SPEAKS IN LATIN
1:00:10 > 1:00:13Will my lady take a little wine?
1:00:13 > 1:00:17It's a good wine, especially brought from Bivar.
1:00:17 > 1:00:20I thank you, Fanez, no.
1:00:22 > 1:00:29All night you've told my lady how good everything is because it comes from Bivar.
1:00:29 > 1:00:32Well, it is good.
1:00:38 > 1:00:43You will see for yourself, my lady, when you come to Bivar,
1:00:43 > 1:00:47it is such... such a happy place.
1:00:47 > 1:00:50- Is it, Fanez?- Oh, yes, my lady.
1:00:50 > 1:00:55It's impossible to be there without...feeling it.
1:01:05 > 1:01:09I...I think my lord and lady must be tired.
1:01:09 > 1:01:14Yes. Goodnight, my lord, my lady.
1:01:14 > 1:01:18Goodnight. And may this night be the most...
1:01:18 > 1:01:20I mean, may you have...
1:01:20 > 1:01:24Goodnight, my lord and lady, goodnight.
1:01:50 > 1:01:53Since I've taken the vows of wife,
1:01:53 > 1:02:01and since there must be nothing hidden between man and wife, there is something I wish to tell you.
1:02:01 > 1:02:08Sometimes it's best to leave something hidden, even between man and wife.
1:02:08 > 1:02:13They say each unspoken thought becomes a small ghost.
1:02:14 > 1:02:16We have room for a few small ghosts.
1:02:19 > 1:02:22I knew Ordonez would betray you.
1:02:27 > 1:02:30We planned your death.
1:02:31 > 1:02:33Together.
1:06:03 > 1:06:08Chimene, I knew you planned to kill me.
1:06:10 > 1:06:13Ordonez told me.
1:06:15 > 1:06:18I never hoped...
1:06:18 > 1:06:22our marriage would bring your love back quickly.
1:06:23 > 1:06:27I did hope it would end your hate and that...
1:06:28 > 1:06:31that somehow...
1:06:31 > 1:06:34Chimene!
1:06:47 > 1:06:51Do you know why I married you, Rodrigo?
1:06:51 > 1:06:56It was the only way left for me to avenge my father.
1:06:57 > 1:07:04It is true that if you want me, it is your right as my husband to take me.
1:07:04 > 1:07:08But you will never get a woman's love from me.
1:07:17 > 1:07:22Perhaps we have wounded each other too deeply.
1:08:49 > 1:08:53Chimene! Is it our Chimene?
1:08:53 > 1:08:58Yes, Reverend Mother, it's Chimene.
1:08:59 > 1:09:02Why have you come back to us?
1:09:04 > 1:09:08I've come to find peace, Mother.
1:09:08 > 1:09:14After all that has happened, you'll not find peace within these walls.
1:09:14 > 1:09:19You were made for the world. One day you'll want to go back to it.
1:09:19 > 1:09:24But you may remain with us until you feel you must leave.
1:09:31 > 1:09:34PRAYER IN LATIN
1:10:11 > 1:10:15PRAYER CONTINUES
1:10:29 > 1:10:32Why do they not hail me King?
1:10:32 > 1:10:37Because you are not the King. The kingdom has been divided.
1:10:37 > 1:10:42- Liar!- Father said that Castile is yours, Asturias and Leon go to me.
1:10:42 > 1:10:47- And to Urraca the city of Calahorra. - No! I'm the eldest.
1:10:47 > 1:10:52It is my birthright. The kingdom will not be divided!
1:10:52 > 1:11:00You can't stop it now. I am King of Asturias and Leon. I won't let you stand in my way.
1:11:00 > 1:11:05I am the eldest son. I will have the triple crown or none at all.
1:11:07 > 1:11:10Then let it be none at all!
1:11:22 > 1:11:24You and Urraca...against me!
1:11:24 > 1:11:27Father was old.
1:11:27 > 1:11:33- She worked on him.- You're no better than us because you're the eldest.
1:11:40 > 1:11:45You and our sister. It was always you and our sister.
1:11:46 > 1:11:48You held her too close.
1:11:48 > 1:11:52- You coloured her.- You lie!
1:12:27 > 1:12:30Sancho, no!
1:12:41 > 1:12:45He thought he could be King.
1:12:45 > 1:12:48Asurez!
1:12:50 > 1:12:57Accompany His Highness to his new kingdom - the dungeon of Zamora.
1:14:23 > 1:14:25Will you give me your prisoner?
1:14:25 > 1:14:30- Or must I take him?- There are thirteen of us and you are alone.
1:14:30 > 1:14:33What you do is against God's law.
1:14:33 > 1:14:38Were you 13 times 13, I would not be alone.
1:16:02 > 1:16:04What kind of a man are you?
1:16:04 > 1:16:06Come.
1:16:06 > 1:16:11We'll go to your sister at Calahorra.
1:17:20 > 1:17:24Open the gates of Valencia in the name of Allah!
1:17:26 > 1:17:33'Ben Yusuf rode to Valencia to secure the aid of the frightened Moorish king, Al Qadir.
1:17:33 > 1:17:38'He had to make sure he could land his armada on the shores of Spain.'
1:18:23 > 1:18:26SCREAMING
1:18:32 > 1:18:35Clear out, all of you!
1:18:38 > 1:18:43My lord, Ben Yusuf, what an honour. What an honour.
1:18:43 > 1:18:48Allah be praised. Our moment has come.
1:18:48 > 1:18:52Ferdinand has died. The two young kings have quarrelled.
1:18:52 > 1:18:59Allah has willed it so. And one Christian brother will kill another Christian brother.
1:18:59 > 1:19:02How will this happen?
1:19:03 > 1:19:06HE will do the killing.
1:19:06 > 1:19:11The word will spread that brother has killed brother.
1:19:11 > 1:19:16The kingdom will be torn apart, then I will bring my legions from Africa.
1:19:16 > 1:19:19A master strategy.
1:19:19 > 1:19:27When I land, they may attack you at Valencia. If they do, you will hold Valencia. Do you understand me?
1:19:27 > 1:19:30Yes, my lord, I understand.
1:19:31 > 1:19:36I will leave my guards with you to make certain you understand.
1:20:17 > 1:20:20Don't let him take me, Urraca.
1:20:23 > 1:20:26Go! Go!
1:20:26 > 1:20:29Urraca! >
1:20:30 > 1:20:33Urraca!
1:20:34 > 1:20:36Urraca!
1:20:38 > 1:20:45Urraca! You have given refuge to my brother. I demand you release him at once!
1:20:45 > 1:20:48This is my city. You do not demand.
1:20:48 > 1:20:51Release him or my army will attack.
1:20:51 > 1:20:54Alfonso stays here with me!
1:20:54 > 1:20:57I give you until dawn to decide.
1:20:57 > 1:21:00My lady! >
1:21:03 > 1:21:08What would it be worth to you if Sancho were kept from your gates?
1:21:08 > 1:21:12Who is there that could do such a thing?
1:21:12 > 1:21:15I could.
1:21:15 > 1:21:19Only... Only, I would ask a great deal.
1:21:34 > 1:21:37Thank heaven you answered our call.
1:21:37 > 1:21:39Why did you send it, sir?
1:21:39 > 1:21:44Unless I surrender to Sancho, he will lay siege to us by morning.
1:21:44 > 1:21:47Help us, Rodrigo.
1:21:47 > 1:21:52When brother fights against brother, what can any man do?
1:21:52 > 1:21:56If you joined us, many knights would come.
1:21:56 > 1:21:59I swore allegiance to Sancho.
1:22:00 > 1:22:03And to Alfonso. And to me!
1:22:03 > 1:22:11I can only help one brother by breaking faith with the other. I can help no-one.
1:22:11 > 1:22:14But Sancho will kill Alfonso.
1:22:14 > 1:22:18Whatever happens must happen without me.
1:23:11 > 1:23:13Sancho, el rey!
1:23:19 > 1:23:21Sancho, el rey!
1:23:22 > 1:23:26Sancho, el rey!
1:23:37 > 1:23:40What do you want here, Adolphus? >
1:23:41 > 1:23:46I have words for your ears only, my King.
1:24:03 > 1:24:05Well?
1:24:05 > 1:24:10There is a way Calahorra could be taken without a blow. I'll help you.
1:24:10 > 1:24:17Why should you do this for me? I will not see our land torn by civil war.
1:24:24 > 1:24:27Tell me.
1:24:27 > 1:24:32I know where there is an unguarded gate. I will take you there.
1:24:32 > 1:24:34With a few men, you...
1:24:34 > 1:24:39Even though my father trusted you, Adolphus...
1:24:39 > 1:24:43one false move...
1:24:44 > 1:24:47But I am unarmed, sire.
1:24:47 > 1:24:50CRACK OF THUNDER
1:24:50 > 1:24:53Show me this gate.
1:25:24 > 1:25:28From here it will be better to go on foot.
1:25:36 > 1:25:39I see no gate.
1:25:39 > 1:25:41There! Around the corner.
1:26:19 > 1:26:21Open the gate! Open the gate!
1:26:36 > 1:26:39Confess me.
1:26:39 > 1:26:42Confess me. Confess me!
1:26:42 > 1:26:44Sancho!
1:26:46 > 1:26:49- Rodrigo...- My poor Sancho.
1:26:51 > 1:26:54I was almost a king.
1:26:54 > 1:26:56Wasn't I?
1:26:56 > 1:26:59You are a king, my lord.
1:27:45 > 1:27:48I have not come here as a queen.
1:27:50 > 1:27:53Forgive me, Your Highness.
1:28:01 > 1:28:04You still love Rodrigo.
1:28:05 > 1:28:08And I know Rodrigo still loves you.
1:28:08 > 1:28:14- You have made a long journey to come here.- Rodrigo must be stopped!
1:28:16 > 1:28:20We will not permit this, Alfonso and I!
1:28:22 > 1:28:24Rodrigo will listen to you.
1:28:24 > 1:28:29What is it I must tell Rodrigo, Your Highness?
1:28:29 > 1:28:37He has threatened to force Alfonso to swear publicly that he is innocent of Sancho's death.
1:28:37 > 1:28:40Is he not innocent?
1:28:40 > 1:28:46You must tell him not to do this. He must not. We will not permit it!
1:28:51 > 1:28:53You had better speak to him.
1:28:53 > 1:28:56Do you understand me, Chimene?
1:28:57 > 1:29:00I understand, Your Highness.
1:29:04 > 1:29:07No-one can ask the King to swear.
1:29:07 > 1:29:09No-one.
1:29:20 > 1:29:23CHURCH BELLS RING
1:30:01 > 1:30:05FANFARE
1:30:50 > 1:30:53Before God and this assembly,
1:30:53 > 1:30:58I do freely forgive those who have warred against me.
1:30:59 > 1:31:03I promise to defend them and to show them favour,
1:31:03 > 1:31:08as I show favour to those that were loyal to me.
1:31:08 > 1:31:10This, my written oath,
1:31:10 > 1:31:13I entrust to this holy church.
1:31:18 > 1:31:23Castilians, God has called upon me to become your king.
1:31:23 > 1:31:28I now call upon you to kneel in sign of fealty.
1:31:52 > 1:31:55Rodrigo of Bivar,
1:31:55 > 1:31:57called The Cid,
1:31:57 > 1:32:00why do you alone refuse me fealty?
1:32:02 > 1:32:08Sire, all those you see here, though none dare say so,
1:32:08 > 1:32:13harbour the suspicion that you may have caused your brother's death.
1:32:13 > 1:32:22Unless you can prove your innocence, you will have no loyal subjects, your kingdom will be torn by doubt.
1:32:22 > 1:32:27Thus I cannot give you fealty, nor own you as my liege.
1:32:27 > 1:32:34- What will satisfy you of my innocence? - Your oath upon the holy books.
1:32:36 > 1:32:38You would ask me to swear?
1:32:39 > 1:32:42Sire, I do ask it.
1:32:48 > 1:32:51Very well.
1:33:00 > 1:33:05Do you swear that you did not order King Sancho's death?
1:33:11 > 1:33:20- I so swear.- Do you swear that you had no part by way of counsel in King Sancho's death?
1:33:20 > 1:33:27- I so swear.- Do you swear that you had no part by way of design in King Sancho's death?
1:33:27 > 1:33:31I swear it!
1:33:31 > 1:33:36If you are forsworn, may you die such a death as your brother did,
1:33:36 > 1:33:42struck from behind by the hand of a traitor! Say amen.
1:33:42 > 1:33:45Don't press me too far, Rodrigo.
1:33:47 > 1:33:49Say amen.
1:33:59 > 1:34:02Amen.
1:34:46 > 1:34:53"By edict of our most illustrious sovereign, Alfonso, King of Castile, Leon and Asturias,
1:34:53 > 1:35:01"be it known that Rodrigo of Bivar has outraged the royal personage and is hereby exiled for life.
1:35:01 > 1:35:08"He has been accorded nine days from this day in which to depart from the realm alone and without men-at-arms.
1:35:08 > 1:35:14"All his property, his goods, his lands and his privileges
1:35:14 > 1:35:17"are hereby forfeit to the crown.
1:35:17 > 1:35:24"All vassals of the King are forbidden to provide him with food, lodging or sustenance,
1:35:24 > 1:35:26"or to speak with him.
1:35:26 > 1:35:29"Let no man give him aid..."
1:36:23 > 1:36:26I thirst!
1:36:28 > 1:36:30I thirst!
1:36:30 > 1:36:34I thirst. Lord knight, I thirst!
1:36:38 > 1:36:43There is no spring nearby from which a leper is allowed to drink.
1:36:43 > 1:36:46I'm thirsty.
1:37:00 > 1:37:03Here... This is for you.
1:37:03 > 1:37:06For you.
1:37:07 > 1:37:11- Thank you, my Cid. - How do you know my name?
1:37:11 > 1:37:18Only one man in Spain could humble a king and would give a leper to drink from his own pouch.
1:37:18 > 1:37:21Who are you?
1:37:21 > 1:37:23I am called Lazarus.
1:37:23 > 1:37:26May helping hands be extended to you,
1:37:26 > 1:37:29everywhere you go, my Cid.
1:38:02 > 1:38:04Can you forgive me, Rodrigo?
1:38:06 > 1:38:09Chimene...
1:38:12 > 1:38:14Would you take me with you?
1:38:16 > 1:38:21But now I...have nowhere to take you.
1:38:21 > 1:38:23If we are together,
1:38:23 > 1:38:26it will not be nowhere.
1:38:32 > 1:38:34I love you, Rodrigo.
1:38:35 > 1:38:38I love you.
1:39:03 > 1:39:08You know what you risk if you come with me, my love?
1:39:08 > 1:39:12Since my love is not a man like other men,
1:39:12 > 1:39:16my life will not be like other lives.
1:39:20 > 1:39:23It's only now...
1:39:23 > 1:39:26only now that I know...
1:39:26 > 1:39:30how hard the road would have been without you.
1:40:17 > 1:40:22- Are you the one they call The Cid?- Yes.
1:40:22 > 1:40:25You must be the beautiful Chimene.
1:40:25 > 1:40:28Do you not hate him any more?
1:40:28 > 1:40:30No, I do not.
1:40:30 > 1:40:35My father says they'll cut our hands off if we help you.
1:40:35 > 1:40:39My father says they have eyes everywhere.
1:40:45 > 1:40:50But my father said if you walk very slowly, it will soon be dark,
1:40:50 > 1:40:55and no-one will see you if you go into our barn.
1:42:02 > 1:42:07I suppose we must leave soon before it gets too light.
1:42:07 > 1:42:10No, one more moment...
1:42:10 > 1:42:12to remember all of this.
1:42:12 > 1:42:17Have you ever slept in a more beautiful bed chamber?
1:42:17 > 1:42:20Never.
1:42:20 > 1:42:23- Have you ever eaten better food?- No.
1:42:24 > 1:42:27Nor drunk better wine, nor...
1:42:30 > 1:42:32I love you.
1:42:32 > 1:42:36Dona Chimene, my wife.
1:42:36 > 1:42:38I'm so glad, Rodrigo.
1:42:38 > 1:42:41So glad.
1:42:45 > 1:42:47Must we go?
1:42:58 > 1:43:01Of what are you glad?
1:43:01 > 1:43:05That you are no longer the King's champion.
1:43:05 > 1:43:12That you no longer have your knights and your armies. That you have only me.
1:43:12 > 1:43:17We will find some hidden place where you are not known.
1:43:17 > 1:43:19Yes, a place like this.
1:43:19 > 1:43:22And we will make our lives there.
1:43:22 > 1:43:28If all men knew that banishment could be like this, we'd have a world of exiles.
1:43:31 > 1:43:34DISTANT VOICES
1:43:34 > 1:43:38Come. We'll look for your hidden place.
1:43:38 > 1:43:41Before the others find it.
1:43:49 > 1:43:52We'll have a new life now.
1:44:00 > 1:44:03Lord God,
1:44:03 > 1:44:05protect this woman I love...
1:44:06 > 1:44:10and who is now finally my wife.
1:44:18 > 1:44:22ALL SHOUT: Cid! Cid! Cid! Cid!
1:44:22 > 1:44:25Cid! Cid! Cid!
1:44:25 > 1:44:28Cid! Cid! Cid!
1:44:28 > 1:44:31Cid! Cid! Cid!
1:44:31 > 1:44:34CHEERING CONTINUES
1:44:41 > 1:44:46- I am in exile! - But we are all in exile!
1:44:46 > 1:44:50I can't take you with me. You'd lose your homes,
1:44:50 > 1:44:57- your families.- Every man here has already made the choice. We want you to lead us!
1:44:57 > 1:45:01You have no right to ask him. He has done enough!
1:45:01 > 1:45:04The Cid!
1:45:04 > 1:45:08SHOUTS OF "CID!"
1:45:24 > 1:45:27But why him? Why?
1:45:30 > 1:45:32For Spain!
1:45:32 > 1:45:35Spain!
1:46:02 > 1:46:04Urraca!
1:46:10 > 1:46:13I haven't slept all night.
1:46:15 > 1:46:22Every time I close my eyes to sleep, I dream the same dream. Over and over.
1:46:25 > 1:46:30I'm fighting an enemy whose face I can never see.
1:46:30 > 1:46:34I cut him down with my broadsword, he falls...
1:46:34 > 1:46:39When I look down, it isn't my enemy lying at my feet.
1:46:40 > 1:46:43It's...
1:46:46 > 1:46:49It's my own right arm.
1:46:51 > 1:46:54It was only a dream.
1:46:54 > 1:46:57It was nothing.
1:47:47 > 1:47:50Our dream was short.
1:47:50 > 1:47:55I know. There is no hidden place for a man like you.
1:47:58 > 1:48:02There must be thousands who would gladly part.
1:48:04 > 1:48:07Why you?
1:48:08 > 1:48:11- Why me?- Please...
1:48:11 > 1:48:15Let me carry away an image of you smiling.
1:48:15 > 1:48:18It would be a lie.
1:48:19 > 1:48:22I will besiege God with my prayers.
1:48:22 > 1:48:27I will tell him he must bring you back to me.
1:48:29 > 1:48:32I must tell God how much I need you.
1:48:34 > 1:48:37Then we WILL see each other again.
1:50:35 > 1:50:37Don Rodrigo...
1:50:42 > 1:50:47We have not forgotten or forgiven the wrong you did our royal person.
1:50:47 > 1:50:53But a king must put the welfare of his subjects above all else.
1:50:53 > 1:50:55That is why we summoned you here.
1:50:57 > 1:51:04Sire, I have all these years lived in the hope Your Majesty would call me. Especially now
1:51:04 > 1:51:08since Ben Yusuf has landed on our shores.
1:51:08 > 1:51:13Ben Yusuf has challenged us to meet him on the plains of Sagrajas.
1:51:15 > 1:51:22- Sire, you must not fight at Sagrajas. Valencia must first... - We have accepted the challenge.
1:51:22 > 1:51:26My liege, you must first take Valencia.
1:51:28 > 1:51:36While the Moors hold Valencia, Ben Yusuf can strike out from there, overrun all Spain.
1:51:37 > 1:51:42Your Majesty must not let this happen.
1:51:42 > 1:51:46I've brought friends to help you in this fight.
1:52:05 > 1:52:08How dare they not kneel to us!
1:52:08 > 1:52:16- Sire...these are kings. They come here as allies. - We need no such allies.
1:52:16 > 1:52:23- We are a Christian kingdom. We treat only with Christians. - They're ready to fight at your side.
1:52:23 > 1:52:28- They are your friends. - They are not!
1:52:30 > 1:52:33Sire...
1:52:33 > 1:52:36You risk having no Spain at all!
1:52:37 > 1:52:45Don Rodrigo, you will join us at Sagrajas. We shall annul your banishment and return your lands.
1:52:45 > 1:52:52But if you are not at Sagrajas, we shall consider you and yours our enemies!
1:53:09 > 1:53:13Don Rodrigo, I know why you have come.
1:53:21 > 1:53:24CHILDREN LAUGHING
1:53:24 > 1:53:28Your twin daughters are playing in the garden here.
1:55:10 > 1:55:13This is your father.
1:55:18 > 1:55:21You're Elvira?
1:55:22 > 1:55:24Then you must be Sol.
1:55:24 > 1:55:27And you're Elvira.
1:55:29 > 1:55:31You're exactly alike.
9:59:50 > 9:59:57.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Our dream was short.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55I know. There is no hidden place for a man like you.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03There must be thousands who would gladly part.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Why you?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Why me?- Please...
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Let me carry away an image of you smiling.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18It would be a lie.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I will besiege God with my prayers.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27I will tell him he must bring you back to me.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I must tell God how much I need you.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Then we WILL see each other again.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Don Rodrigo...
0:03:42 > 0:03:48We have not forgotten or forgiven the wrong you did our royal person.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53But a king must put the welfare of his subjects above all else.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56That is why we summoned you here.
0:03:57 > 0:04:05Sire, I have all these years lived in the hope Your Majesty would call me. Especially now
0:04:05 > 0:04:09since Ben Yusuf has landed on our shores.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14Ben Yusuf has challenged us to meet him on the plains of Sagrajas.
0:04:15 > 0:04:23- Sire, you must not fight at Sagrajas. Valencia must first... - We have accepted the challenge.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27My liege, you must first take Valencia.
0:04:29 > 0:04:36While the Moors hold Valencia, Ben Yusuf can strike out from there, overrun all Spain.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Your Majesty must not let this happen.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47I've brought friends to help you in this fight.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08How dare they not kneel to us!
0:05:08 > 0:05:16- Sire...these are kings. They come here as allies. - We need no such allies.
0:05:16 > 0:05:24- We are a Christian kingdom. We treat only with Christians. - They're ready to fight at your side.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- They are your friends. - They are not!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Sire...
0:05:33 > 0:05:36You risk having no Spain at all!
0:05:38 > 0:05:45Don Rodrigo, you will join us at Sagrajas. We shall annul your banishment and return your lands.
0:05:45 > 0:05:52But if you are not at Sagrajas, we shall consider you and yours our enemies!
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Don Rodrigo, I know why you have come.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24CHILDREN LAUGHING
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Your twin daughters are playing in the garden here.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13This is your father.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21You're Elvira?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Then you must be Sol.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27And you're Elvira.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32You're exactly alike.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I am tired.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Tired of exile.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Now I could take you home to Bivar.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59With honours.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I might be wrong to defy the King.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13He commanded me to meet him at Sagrajas. I could be wrong.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17If you did not have us, would you even wonder?
0:09:20 > 0:09:25I used to see so many of your hidden places,
0:09:25 > 0:09:30where I could have lived with you, and no-one would have known.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Have you also found a place where we could hide from ourselves?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I can't leave you
0:09:41 > 0:09:44or leave them here unprotected.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51But if you do what must be done for all Spain,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54that will be our best protection.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58ALL CHEER
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Our Moorish silks suit well your Christian armour.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28You'll make a Muslim of me yet, my lord.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37How can anyone say this is wrong?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40They will say so.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42On both sides.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52We have so much to give to each other and to Spain.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55If we are not destroyed first.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Once we take Valencia, then let Ben Yusuf try.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03Valencia is surrounded. No-one here can leave the city or enter it.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Then our weapon is starvation.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10May Allah make the siege a short one.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14May God help our King Alfonso
0:13:14 > 0:13:16at Sagrajas.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55We could have beaten Ben Yusuf.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59With a few more men, we could have won.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12A handful of knights and victory would have been ours.
0:14:13 > 0:14:19Dona Chimene, did you think we would permit your husband to go unpunished?
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Would you punish the man who is now Spain's only hope?
0:14:24 > 0:14:31What if we were to place Dona Chimene and her children in our deepest dungeons?
0:14:31 > 0:14:35The Cid might then deliver himself into our hands.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Sire, this is a sanctuary.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- There are no sanctuaries for our enemies!- If you crush him,
0:14:43 > 0:14:49- who will stand against the invaders of Spain?- If he had come, we would have won.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Sire...
0:14:52 > 0:14:56It was not through lack of courage that we lost.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58You shall see.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16You saw.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I made no sound.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24It was not through lack of courage that we lost!
0:15:27 > 0:15:31It takes more than courage to make a king.
0:15:58 > 0:16:06- Tell me his exact words! - The King said he would not release Chimene and the children.
0:16:06 > 0:16:13Does the King expect that I would let my wife and children die in the dungeons?
0:16:13 > 0:16:18No, he hopes you will march on Burgos to rescue her.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Burgos?!
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Well, then, shall we disappoint our King?
0:16:27 > 0:16:31What do we wait here for? To Burgos!
0:16:35 > 0:16:38My Lord Cid, wait!
0:16:38 > 0:16:44The city is ready to fall. More people are coming over to our side.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48After all these months, we cannot leave.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Don't speak to me of Valencia, Mutamin. Not now.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Am I not a man, too? Like you?
0:16:56 > 0:17:01May I not sometimes think of my wife, my children?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Well, then.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06What must I do?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08What must I do?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Everything was taken from you.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24How did you bribe the jailer
0:17:24 > 0:17:27to bring me your message?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29With two words. The Cid.
0:17:33 > 0:17:39Even all these months in the dungeon have not marred your beauty.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45There are terrible rumours.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51They are not rumours. The Cid has sent an ultimatum to the King.
0:17:51 > 0:17:59Unless you and the children are released at once, your husband will march against us here.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Abandon Valencia?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Leave all Spain unprotected?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Yes, Chimene.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09For you. Why not?
0:18:12 > 0:18:17Help me and the children to escape. Come with us.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Join Rodrigo.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33If I thought it would stop him from coming here,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36I would kill myself.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39And the children.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Then your love is as desperate as mine.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Halt!
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Rodrigo...
0:19:38 > 0:19:41let me fight at your side.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50We have need of such men.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55DRUMS BEATING
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Lord Ordonez, we must attack tonight.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Soldiers!
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Citizens of Valencia!
0:23:41 > 0:23:44We have starved you!
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Now you are weak!
0:23:48 > 0:23:50But we do not wish to attack you!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54We are not your enemies!
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Ben Yusuf is your enemy!
0:23:58 > 0:24:02He will bring you death and destruction!
0:24:02 > 0:24:05People of Valencia!
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Rid yourselves of your leaders!
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Join with us!
0:24:11 > 0:24:14We bring you peace!
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Soldiers and citizens, we bring you freedom!
0:24:19 > 0:24:24We bring you life! We bring you bread!
0:24:24 > 0:24:27SHOUTS OF "WE BRING YOU BREAD!"
0:24:53 > 0:25:00My lord! The Cid is throwing them food! Your soldiers have deserted the walls and joined the people!
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Call out the Black Guard!
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Run them down! Kill them!
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Aaagghh!
0:28:06 > 0:28:10CID! CID! CID!
0:28:10 > 0:28:13CID! CID! CID!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16CID! CID! CID!
0:28:24 > 0:28:27CHEERING CONTINUES
0:29:03 > 0:29:05CID! CID! CID!
0:29:05 > 0:29:09CID! CID! CID!
0:29:09 > 0:29:14The city is yours. Take the crown. Proclaim yourself King.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20All our battles we fought for you. We want you to rule us.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26My Lord Cid...
0:29:33 > 0:29:38We have given up everything for you. We implore you to take the crown.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44CHEERING DIES DOWN
0:29:51 > 0:29:53I take Valencia
0:29:53 > 0:29:58in the name of my sovereign Lord, Alfonso,
0:29:58 > 0:30:01King of Castile, Leon and Asturias,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03of Segunto and El Minera,
0:30:03 > 0:30:06of Castrejon and Alcantara,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09King of Christians and Moors!
0:30:09 > 0:30:13Valencia for Alfonso! By the grace of God,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16King of Spain!
0:30:17 > 0:30:20CID! CID! CID!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23What a noble subject.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27If he had only a noble king.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32CID! CID! CID! CID! CID!
0:30:45 > 0:30:48The crown of Valencia!
0:31:02 > 0:31:04The crown of Valencia?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08The Cid sends this to ME?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16What are his conditions?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19There are no conditions.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24But, Chimene... He knew about the dungeon and his children.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27He knew.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32And yet he sends me the crown!
0:31:35 > 0:31:38What kind of man is this?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40He wants something.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43What is it he wants?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46The Cid has asked for nothing.
0:31:46 > 0:31:52But I ask. The Cid needs your help to defend Valencia against Ben Yusuf.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54No!
0:31:56 > 0:32:03Tell your lord, the Cid, that we seek neither his favour nor his help.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Nor can he expect anything from us.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10Now go.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Who has done more for you and Spain?
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Go!
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Look, now you are also King of Valencia.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35I am King of nothing.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39No King at all! I will make myself a King!
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- Alfonso!- I will!
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Alfonso!
0:32:51 > 0:32:53All men must die.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Why not for a good cause?
0:32:57 > 0:33:02What cause of yours could be worth such torture?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05The Cid!
0:33:05 > 0:33:10The Cid? He is a man like other men. He will die. I will kill him.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13He will never die. Never!
0:33:13 > 0:33:18You dare think of him as we think of our Prophet?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20We do.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Then this will be more than a battle.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28It will be our God against yours!
0:34:47 > 0:34:55- Where's Ordonez? I sent him to see if Ben Yusuf was on the march. Hasn't he returned?- Not yet, my Cid.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28DRUMS BEAT
0:36:24 > 0:36:28DRUMBEAT GETS LOUDER
0:36:50 > 0:36:56Ben Yusuf's armada. We should attack at dawn before they can all land.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01We'll drive a wedge along the shore and keep his forces split.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Come.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09I know, I know.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14This is always the hardest time when the enemy has no face.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19You have been through this a hundred times. I need to know.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Where do you find your courage?
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I wish I knew.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Each warrior, each time, is fighting for himself.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34Come. This is the battle we've waited for so long.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39The last battle. When we've won it, we'll have peace.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Open the gates!
0:39:21 > 0:39:24For God, Alfonso and for Spain!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27FOR GOD, ALFONSO AND SPAIN!
0:44:08 > 0:44:13The Cid is wounded. He goes back to Valencia.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18The Cid is wounded!
0:44:18 > 0:44:20The Cid is wounded!
0:45:08 > 0:45:14- We attack again tomorrow!- You will need time to recover your strength.
0:45:14 > 0:45:20It must be tomorrow. The enemy will only grow stronger while we grow weaker.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- But, my lord!- Go, Fanez.
0:45:23 > 0:45:28Make the preparations. Go, cover the retreat, go!
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Close the gates!
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Close the gates!
0:46:39 > 0:46:45There will be a great loss of blood, but the arrow must be withdrawn immediately.
0:46:45 > 0:46:51- Will he live?- If the arrow is drawn, he has a chance.
0:46:51 > 0:46:56If not, he will be dead within a few days.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Chimene...
0:47:15 > 0:47:17I must lead the attack tomorrow.
0:47:18 > 0:47:24If the arrow is not withdrawn, it is certain you will die.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Not before tomorrow.
0:47:29 > 0:47:33- That's all I need. - It's not all- I- need!
0:47:35 > 0:47:42- What will there be for you if this battle is lost? - Someone else will lead them.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46They have made me their heart.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53But their heart is wounded.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56It needs to rest.
0:47:57 > 0:48:02We could take you to Bivar. We could cure you.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04My love would not let you die.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08We've not spent much time together.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Yet it seems to me...
0:48:13 > 0:48:17I will not let you. You will live.
0:48:21 > 0:48:26Yet it seems to me that those who have spent a lifetime together
0:48:26 > 0:48:29have not had more than we.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31I want more! I want for ever!
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Oh, the children!
0:48:37 > 0:48:40The children!
0:48:41 > 0:48:44Chimene...
0:48:44 > 0:48:46You can't save my life.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59You must help me give it up.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Now.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17Lord Mutamin!
0:49:23 > 0:49:29It is the wish of my husband that the arrow shall not be removed.
0:49:57 > 0:50:02Allah be praised! The Cid is dead! The Cid is dead!
0:50:02 > 0:50:05LOUD CHEERING
0:50:05 > 0:50:08The Cid is dead!
0:50:10 > 0:50:12The Cid is dead!
0:50:13 > 0:50:19The Cid is dead! The Cid is dead! The Cid is dead! The Cid is dead!
0:50:21 > 0:50:24The Cid is dead!
0:50:24 > 0:50:27CHEERING CONTINUES, DRUMS BEAT
0:50:32 > 0:50:38They dare not fight. Let it be known everywhere. The Cid is dead!
0:50:38 > 0:50:41MORE SHOUTS OF "THE CID IS DEAD!"
0:50:52 > 0:50:56The Cid is dead! The Cid is dead!
0:50:57 > 0:50:59I tell you the Cid is alive!
0:50:59 > 0:51:02He is well!
0:51:02 > 0:51:05I have seen him!
0:51:05 > 0:51:07He will fight tomorrow!
0:51:07 > 0:51:12He will be with us leading the attack!
0:51:13 > 0:51:15You must...you must believe me!
0:51:15 > 0:51:18The Cid is alive!
0:51:27 > 0:51:30- Fanez!- Yes, my lord?
0:51:35 > 0:51:37What are they saying?
0:51:38 > 0:51:42All is well, my lord. Very well.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46The people are hopeful. The army is eager to fight.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50You always were a bad liar, Fanez.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Now tell me the truth.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03I could not convince them that you are alive.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02ALL SHOUT: Cid! Cid! Cid! Cid!
0:53:05 > 0:53:08Cid, Cid, Cid, Cid!
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Cid, Cid, Cid!
0:53:14 > 0:53:17Soldiers!
0:53:18 > 0:53:21People of Valencia!
0:53:21 > 0:53:26You must not be frightened by the sound of a few drums.
0:53:27 > 0:53:32In a few hours they will be silenced for ever.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37I promise you.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39Tomorrow morning...
0:53:40 > 0:53:43I will ride with you!
0:53:45 > 0:53:50Cid, Cid, Cid, Cid, Cid!
0:53:50 > 0:53:54CHEERING CONTINUES
0:54:03 > 0:54:06Cid, Cid, Cid, Cid!
0:54:15 > 0:54:20- Chimene... - I'm here, Rodrigo. I'm here.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23Listen to me.
0:54:23 > 0:54:29- Even if my strength fails me, I must lead the attack tomorrow.- Yes.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32I must!
0:54:32 > 0:54:35Do you understand?
0:54:35 > 0:54:37I must.
0:54:37 > 0:54:44Alive or dead, I must be on my horse at the head of my soldiers.
0:54:45 > 0:54:50You promise you will do whatever needs to be done?
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Yes.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55Promise me.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57I promise, Rodrigo.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00I promise.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03- I promise.- Yes.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07I promise.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10I promise.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Open the gates! It's the King!
0:55:46 > 0:55:48My lord, the King!
0:56:07 > 0:56:10Forgive me, my Cid.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19- Forgive me.- No...
0:56:19 > 0:56:22My King kneels to no man.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25To no man.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40It is not easy...for a man to conquer himself.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44You have done that.
0:56:45 > 0:56:51- If only I could live to see Spain at peace.- You will, you will!
0:56:51 > 0:56:56No-one can stand against us. We'll drive Ben Yusuf back into the sea.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59I've not failed.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03Spain has a king.
0:57:10 > 0:57:15Tomorrow...we will fight side by side,
0:57:15 > 0:57:18my King and I.
0:57:18 > 0:57:23We will...ride out...together.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26- Together.- No!
0:57:29 > 0:57:32I will be at your side.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38Chimene!
0:57:39 > 0:57:42Chimene...
0:57:45 > 0:57:47Chimene...
0:57:47 > 0:57:51I promise... I've not forgotten.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56I want you and my children...
0:57:57 > 0:57:59to remember me...
0:58:01 > 0:58:04riding with my King.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16Tomorrow.
1:01:17 > 1:01:21For God, the Cid and Spain!
1:01:21 > 1:01:24FOR GOD, THE CID AND SPAIN!
1:01:24 > 1:01:28FOR GOD, THE CID AND SPAIN!
1:01:29 > 1:01:34'And thus the Cid rode out of the gates of history into legend.'
1:02:21 > 1:02:24Back, back! Go back!
1:02:24 > 1:02:27Go back...! Aaagh!
1:03:29 > 1:03:32Heavenly Father,
1:03:32 > 1:03:34open your arms to receive the soul
1:03:34 > 1:03:39of one who lived and died the purest knight of all.
1:04:25 > 1:04:29Subtitles by Calum Short BBC Scotland 1995