Christopher Columbus
(1985)
Overview
The epic mini-series tells the story of the legendary Italian-born explorer Diego de Geona Taino, later known as Christopher Columbus, from his birth in c.1450 Genoa, Italy, to his young adult years as an expert sailor and navigator who, with money funded from the monarchy of Spain, sailed to the unknown West to find Asia in 1492, and instead found a 'New World' of the modern day West Indies to South America, and then follows his later years in his 50's as a tired, ailing man whose dreams of exploration and discovery to which he passed onto his son, and other followers, just before his death in 1506.
Tagline
No tagline has been added.
Crew
Director: | Alberto Lattuada |
Writers: | Alberto Lattuada, Laurence Heath, Adriano Bolzoni, Tullio Pinelli |
Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Max von Sydow
Oliver Reed
Faye Dunaway |
Backdrops
There are no backdrops added to this movie.
Genres
No genres have been added. Help us out by adding some.
Production Companies
There are no production companies added to this movie.
Reviews Show All
There are no English reviews for this movie. Would you like to write one?
Recommendations
We don't have enough data to recommend any movies based on Christopher Columbus.