El Cid

EL CID revolves around young Page Ruy Diaz de Vivar and his master Sancho, the future king. When Vivar gets caught in a conspiracy to defeat the king what will happen is what forms the crux of the story. This Spanish series features Jaime Lorente, Alicia Sanz, José Luis García Pérez, Carlos Bardem, Jaime Olías, Elia Galera, Juan Echanove, Juan Fernández, Ginés García Millán, Francisco Ortiz, and Lucía Díez. This series was directed by Marco A. Castillo, Adolfo Martínez Pérez, Miguel Alcantud, and Arantxa Echevarría. It was produced by José Velasco and Sara Fernández-Velasco and edited by Sebastian Gonzalez, David Nieves, Josechu Laguna, and Alfonso Regueiro. The cinematography was handled by Javier Alomar, Javier Salmones, María Muñoz Cariño, and Ángel Yebra and the music was composed by Alfonso G. Aguilar and Gustavo Santaolalla.