One of Ridley Scott's most wrong-headed films, this one (like all of his movies) looks fabulous and sounds utterly ridiculous, almost from the beginning. His first mistake was casting the wonderful Gerard Dépardieu as Columbus and forcing him to speak English, which Dépardieu does with decided difficulty. After spending far too much time on the ocean with Columbus' three ships (you wish they would sail over the edge of the world), they arrive in the West Indies, only to turn around and sail back. The rest of the film deals with the not particularly comprehensible politics of Columbus' venture, which leads to the violent slaughter of trusting natives by a band of cardboard villains. Dépardieu, who radiates sympathy, looks as if he's at sea with this material. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
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Un navegante descubrirá un continente que nadie había sospechado que existiera, y ensanchará de pronto los límites de nuestros conocimientos y de nuestro universo...
Con abrir una nueva ruta hacia Asia, ha solicitado en vano el apoyo de Francia, de Inglaterra y de Portugal, ha sido juzgado como poco factible por todos, y los expertos españoles, después de estudiarlo en profundidad, lo rechazan también, a pesar de la intervención del tesorero de Aragón, Gabriel Sánchez.
Cristobal Colón a pesar de estos inconvenientes fue apoyado por el padre Marchena y por el armador Martín Alonso Pinzón y el Banquero Valenciano Luis de Santángel, quien le promete una audiencia con la Reina.
Isabel de Castilla da su aprobación al proyecto, zarpan y sabiendo Cristobal Colón que el viaje es mucho más largo de lo que decía, el 12 ed Octubre de 1492, "La Pinta", "La Niña" y "La Santa María", atracan en uns pequeña Isla del Caribe: la llamarán San Salvador.
A partir de aquí comenzará una de las grandes historias que cambiará el futuro del mundo.
Gérard Depardieu | Christopher Columbus |
Armand Assante | Sanchez |
Sigourney Weaver | Queen Isabella |
Loren Dean | Older Fernando |
Ángela Molina | Beatrix |
Fernando Rey | Marchena |
Michael Wincott | Adrian de Moxica |
Tchéky Karyo | Pinzon |
Kevin Dunn | Capt. Mendez |
Frank Langella | Santangel |
Mark Margolis | Bobadilla |
Kario Salem | Arojaz |
Billy L. Sullivan | Fernando (aged 10) |
John Heffernan | Brother Buyl |
Arnold Vosloo | Guevara |
Steven Waddington | Bartolomeo Columbus |
Fernando Guillén Cuervo | Giacomo Columbus |
José Luis Ferrer | Alonso de Bolaños |
Bercelio Moya | Utapan |
Juan Diego Botto | Diego Columbus |
Achero Mañas | Ships Boy |
Fernando García Rimada | King Ferdinand V. |
Albert Vidal | Hernando de Talavera |
Isabel Prinz | Dueña (as Clara Isabel Prinz) |
Jack Taylor | Vicuna |
Ángela Rosal | Pinzon's Wife |
Silvia Montero | Pinzon's Daughter (uncredited) |
Adrian Biddle | Cinematographer |
William M. Anderson | Film Editor |
Françoise Bonnot | Film Editor |
Les Healey | Film Editor |
Armen Minasian | Film Editor |
Deborah Zeitman | Film Editor |
Peter Best | Sound Department |
Pat Brennan | Sound Department |
Bernard Chaumeil | Sound Department |
Ron Davis | Sound Department |
José Luis Gamboa | Sound Department |
Pierre Gamet | Sound Department |
Pat Gilbert | Sound Department |
John Hayward | Sound Department |
Derek Holding | Sound Department |
Nicolas Le Messurier | Sound Department |
Michael Monks | Sound Department |
Bob Mullen | Sound Department |
Rocky Phelan | Sound Department |
Robert Risk | Sound Department |
Jim Shields | Sound Department |
Hector Viquez Barth | Sound Department |
Sandy Buchanan | Sound Department |
Vangelis | Composer |
Norris Spencer | Production Designer |
Benjamín Fernández | Art Director |
Martin Hitchcock | Art Director |
Antonio Patón | Art Director |
Kevin Phipps | Art Director |
Luke Scott | Art Director |
Leslie Tomkins | Art Director |
Ann Mollo | Set Decorator |
Charles Knode | Custome Designer |
Barbara Rutter | Custome Designer |
Elaine Bowerbank | hair stylist |
Maria Carmen Clavel | Makeup Artist |
Linda DeVetta | makeup artist: Ms. Weaver |
Eithne Fennel | hair stylist |
Paula Gillespie | hair stylist |
Geraldine Jones | hair stylist: second unit |
Paquita Núñez | hair stylist |
José Luis Pérez | Makeup Artist |
Dolores Sánchez | hair stylist |
José Antonio Sánchez | Makeup Artist |
Susana Sánchez | Makeup Artist |
Lisa Tomblin | hair stylist |
Javier Chinchilla | Assistant Director |
Kevin De La Noy | first assistant director: second unit |
Claudia Gomez | Assistant Director |
Hugh Johnson | second unit director |
Pedro Lazaga | Assistant Director |
Carlos Lázaro | Assistant Director |
Terry Needham | Assistant Director |
Ona Planas | Assistant Director |
Adam Somner | Assistant Director |
Michael Stevenson | Assistant Director |
Coco Van Oppens | third assistant director: second unit |
Álvaro Aguilar | chargehand carpenter: Costa Rica |
Luis Altamirano | chargehand carpenter: Costa Rica |
Luciano Arroyo | assistant art director |
Pedro Calderón | stand-by painter |
Jesus Canveras | stand-by carpenter |
Amado Conejo | assistant art director |
Honorio Cruz | dressing propman |
John Davey | painter |
Pedro Jesús De la Fuente | production buyer |
Jose Luis Del Barco | assistant art director |
Miranda Diamond | art department assistant |
Stephen Dobric | Draughtsman |
José G. Donado | chargehand painter (as Jose Garcia Donato) |
Fernando Durán Rojas | chargehand carpenter: Costa Rica |
José Ramón Esteban | chargehand carpenter |
Peter Francis | art department assistant |