Top billed cast

1. 

   Gérard Depardieu

   Christopher Columbus

2. 

   Armand Assante

   Sanchez

3. 

   Sigourney Weaver

   Queen Isabella

4. 

   Loren Dean

   Older Fernando

5. 

   Ángela Molina

   Beatrix

6. 

   Fernando Rey

   Marchena

7. 

   Michael Wincott

   Adrian de Moxica

8. 

   Kevin Dunn

   Captain Mendez

9. 

   Tchéky Karyo

   Martín Alonso Pinzón

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2022-10-17

**_Ignore the Columbus-hating critics, this is an artistic historical adventure_**

Ridley Scott’s “1492: Conquest of Paradise” (1992) came out seven weeks after “Christopher Columbus: The Discovery” (1992) both of which tackle the same historic tale in celebration of its 500th anniversary. The latter was directed by John Glen who’s no slouch as he helmed five James Bond flicks in the ’80s.

This film is more artistic and epic, being longer by 34 minutes, whereas “Discovery” is compact, not to mention it focuses on the set-up to the expedition while “1492” is more co...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$47,000,000.00

Revenue
$7,191,399.00

Keywords

• indigenous
• the new world
• discovery of america
• native american
• 15th century
• conquistador
• age of discovery