El Greco (1966 film)

El Greco is a 1966 Italian drama film and biography of the painter El Greco directed by Luciano Salce and starring Mel Ferrer and Rosanna Schiaffino.^[2]

El Greco
Film poster
Directed by	Luciano Salce
Written by	Guy Elmes Massimo Franciosa Juan García Atienza Luigi Magni
Produced by	Alfredo Bini Mel Ferrer
Starring	Mel Ferrer
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Production company	Arco Film
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	7 May 1966 (1966-05-07) (Premiere) 15 August 1966 (1966-08-15) (Italy)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	$800,000[1]

Cast

• Mel Ferrer as El Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo)
• Rosanna Schiaffino as Jeronima de las Cuevas
• Adolfo Celi as Don Miguel de las Cuevas
• Mario Feliciani as Nino de Guevara
• Franco Giacobini as Francisco
• Renzo Giovampietro as Brother Felix
• Ángel Aranda as Don Luis
• Nino Crisman as Diego de Castillo
• Gabriella Giorgelli as Maria
• Giulio Donnini as Pignatelli
• Fernando Rey as Philip II
• Rafael Rivelles as Marquis of Villena
• John Karlsen as Prosecutor
• John Francis Lane as De Agueda
• Rossana Martini as Zaida

Production

It was Mel Ferrer's first film as producer. According to Ferrer, the film cost $800,000 which he felt was modest considering the film was in color and was the first movie allowed to shoot at Toledo Cathedral.^[1]

Release

The film had its world premiere on 7 May 1966 at the Museum of Santa Cruz in Toledo, Spain.^[3]

Reception

According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1,300,000 in rentals to break even and made $1,675,000, meaning it made a profit.^[4]