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
as Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
Carmen Maura
as Jimena
Manolo Gómez Bur
as Emir de Zaragoza
Paquita Rico
as Doña Urraca
Azucena Hernández
as
Pepe Da Rosa
as Ben Yusuf IV, el Cachondo
Luis Varela
as Alfonso
Luis Escobar
as Fernando de Castilla
Adriana Vega
as Paquita
Rafaela Aparicio
as Madre de Rodrigo
Alfredo Mayo
as Padre de Rodrigo
Francisco Cecilio
as Sancho
