Directed by:
Ridley ScottScreenplay:
Rose BoschCinematography:
Adrian BiddleComposer:
VangelisCast:
Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Ángela Molina, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Tchéky Karyo, Kevin Dunn, Frank Langella (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
This, the second of 1992's 500th anniversary Christopher Columbus films (the first being Warner Bros. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery), adheres to the historical facts of Columbus's (Gerard Depardieu) possessed quest to discover the New World, and his solicitation of Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) to gain the necessary funding. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gérard Depardieu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/529/160529108_0a4e75.png)
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
![Armand Assante](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267617_da631b.jpg)
Armand Assante
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
![Sigourney Weaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/859/164859291_c41291.jpg)
Sigourney Weaver
USA
![Loren Dean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267618_b568b3.jpg)
Loren Dean
USA
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Gattaca (1997)
![Ángela Molina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273158_c2dbc7.jpg)
Ángela Molina
Spain
Best movies:
Live Flesh (1997)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
![Fernando Rey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/526/165526662_1a1071.jpg)
Fernando Rey
Spain
Best movies:
The French Connection (1971)
Viridiana (1961)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
![Michael Wincott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267619_4b749f.jpg)
Michael Wincott
Canada
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
![Tchéky Karyo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/828/160828258_e428fb.png)
Tchéky Karyo
Turkey
Best movies:
The Bear (1988)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
GoldenEye (1995)
![Kevin Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/772/162772345_993795.png)
Kevin Dunn
USA
Best movies:
Warrior (2011)
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
![Frank Langella](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267621_58c771.jpg)
Frank Langella
USA
Best movies:
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
![Mark Margolis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/882/167882118_30hqad.jpg)
Mark Margolis
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Scarface (1983)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
![Arnold Vosloo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267622_3550df.jpg)
Arnold Vosloo
South Africa
Best movies:
Blood Diamond (2006)
The Mummy (1999)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Kario Salem
USA
Best movies:
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Centennial (1978) (series)
![Steven Waddington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443644_b8332f.jpg)
Steven Waddington
UK
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Spain
Best movies:
Talk to Her (2002)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
![Juan Diego Botto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/161/161161616_4323f3.jpg)
Juan Diego Botto
Argentina
Best movies:
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Bin ich schön? (1998)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
![Jack Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/277/159277253_0cb50c.jpg)
Jack Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
John Heffernan
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Fisher King (1991)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Achero Mañas
Spain
Best movies:
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Outrage (1993)
Shooting Elizabeth (1992)
Billy L. Sullivan
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
The Stand (1994) (series)