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.

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.