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Famed Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (Robert Shaw) returns to Peru for one final mission -- to conquer the Inca Empire, convert its people to Christianity and capture a supposedly massive...
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With a cast of Robert Shaw and Christopher Plummer, Peter Shaffer's powerful and touching stage drama of Pizarro and the Emperor/God Atahuallpa is grippingly brought to the stage. Pizarro, fighting his way from nothing leads an expedition to find gold for himself and the king of Spain.
The Royal Hunt of the Sun: Directed by Irving Lerner. With Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Leonard Whiting. In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- Irving Lerner
- 1969-10
The Royal Hunt of the Sun is a 1969 British-American epic historical drama film based on the play of the same name by Peter Shaffer. It stars Robert Shaw as Francisco Pizarro and Christopher Plummer as the Inca Emperor Atahualpa.
TOP CRITIC. It unwisely ignores the material's potential for the combined spectacle of landscape and material wealth. That said, it's still quite watchable, thanks largely to the intelligence of...
Sep 10, 2012 · Concentrating almost entirely on the intimate confrontation between the Spanish conquistador Pizarro and the Inca god-king Atahualpa, which takes in issues of immortality, religious belief, and ...
Aug 19, 2020 · The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) Famed Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro returns to Peru for one final mission — to conquer the Inca Empire, convert its people to Christianity and capture a supposedly massive cache of gold.
