

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.

Ángel Cristo
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
Lead
Carmen Maura
Jimena

Manolo Gómez Bur
Emir de Zaragoza

Paquita Rico
Doña Urraca

Azucena Hernández
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Pepe Da Rosa
Ben Yusuf IV, el Cachondo

Luis Varela
Alfonso

Luis Escobar
Fernando de Castilla
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