El Cid - Deluxe edition

Spain is engaged in a struggle with the Moors at the end of the 11th century. A renewed attack is repelled by Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar. Nevertheless, after the battle, he grants freedom to the defeated emirs and their people, who then bestow upon him the honorary title "El Cid" (the Lord). This decision is met with incomprehension by the Spanish nobility, and a trial is to be held against the Cid. These prospects fill Rodrigo's fiancée Jimena with fear and dread. She is the daughter of Count Gormaz, the swordmaster of the King of Castile. When El Cid feels dishonored by the Count, he challenges him to a duel. He wins and kills Jimena's father in the fight—she then withdraws her love from him. In her thirst for revenge, she even attempts to have Rodrigo killed. And although he emerges victorious from a heroically fought battle...