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1492 – Conquest of Paradise

1992 · Movie · 149 min

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  • Rotten Tomatoes average4.3/10as of 2021-10-05

What it is

1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch. It stars Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, and Sigourney Weaver, and portrays the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on Indigenous peoples.

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Genres
Drama / Adventure / History
Original language
English

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