Christopher Columbus (1949)

Regisseur:

David MacDonald

Drehbuchautoren:

Muriel Box (writer)
Sydney Box (writer)

Premierendatum:

5. Dezember 1949 (Sweden)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Biographie | Drama

Werbezeile:

The greatest adventure man ever lived!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Spanish Inquisition | Navigator | New World | Christopher Columbus | Queen

Nutzerkommentare:

Everything old is new

Besetzung

Fredric March	...	Christopher Columbus
Florence Eldridge	...	Queen Isabella
Francis L. Sullivan	...	Francisco de Bobadilla
Kathleen Ryan	...	Beatriz
Derek Bond	...	Diego de Arana
Nora Swinburne	...	Joanna de Torres
Abraham Sofaer	...	Luis de Santangel
Linden Travers	...	Beatriz de Peraza
James Robertson Justice	...	Martin Pinzon
Dennis Vance	...	Francisco Pinzon
Richard Aherne	...	Vicente Pinzon
Felix Aylmer	...	Father Perez
Francis Lister	...	King Ferdinand
Edward Rigby	...	Pedro
Niall MacGinnis	...	Juan de la Cosa

Alternativ:

Columbus (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Christoph Kolumbus (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Christopher Columbus (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Columbus entdeckt Amerika (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) [de]

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Firma:

Gainsborough Pictures

Dies und das:

Cyril Cusack was cast in this film but dropped out before filming could began.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Neufassung von 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

Everything old is new

I'm so sick of the PC and multicultural framework of all art today that it's good to see a rendition of the Columbus history told unashamedly from the viewpoint of Western hegemonists (my perspective)regardless of its obvious weaknesses as a film. March is a typical American actor who projects his own personna no matter what the part (Anthony Adverse or Phillip of Macedonia). It limited him but I happen to like the personna as did many other moviegoers. If I'm not mistaken his age is about right for Columbus at this time. It could have been more exciting but what is exciting is the whole enterprise that results in the discovery of the New World because of the persistence and vision of one man. Many earthshaking developments take years or months of plodding to come to fruition whether the Columbus landfall, the landing on the moon or the curing of polio.

It's worth watching just to hear the great score.