Christopher Columbus (miniseries)

Christopher Columbus
Directed by	Alberto Lattuada
Written by	Adriano Bolzoni Alberto Lattuada Tullio Pinelli Laurence Heath
Starring	Gabriel Byrne
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Cinematography	Gianlorenzo Battaglia Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Russell Lloyd
Release dates	7 March 1985 (Italy) 19 May 1985 (US)
Running time	360 minutes
Country	Italy United States France West Germany
Language	English

Christopher Columbus was a television mini-series broadcast in Italy and the United States in 1985. In six hours, the series told the story of the life of Christopher Columbus, with Gabriel Byrne starring as the explorer.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne as Christopher Columbus Rossano Brazzi as Diogo Ortiz de Villegas Virna Lisi as Dona Moniz Perestrello Oliver Reed as Martin Pinzon Raf Vallone as Joseph Vecinho Max von Sydow as John II of Portugal Eli Wallach as Hernando de Talavera Nicol Williamson as Ferdinand II of Aragon Faye Dunaway as Isabella I of Castile Michel Auclair as Luis de Santángel

William Berger as Francisco de Bobadilla Keith Buckley as De Torres Mark Buffery as Bartholomew Columbus Anne Canovas as Beatriz Enriquez Elpidia Carrillo as Coana Massimo Girotti as Duke of Medinaceli Larry Lamb as Don Castillo Stefano Madia as Federico Audrey Matson as Dona Felipa Perestrello Murray Melvin as Padre Linares

Jack Watson as Padre Marchena Patrick Bauchau as Don Rodrigo Salvatore Borgese as Juan Scott Coffey as Vallejo Cyrus Elias as Alaminos Francesco Lattuada as De Triana Iris Peynado as Selina Erik Schumann as Benguela Gregory Snegoff as Francisco Pinzon Hal Yamanouchi as Guacanabo

References

External links

• Christopher Columbus at the Internet Movie Database