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