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Writers:
Peter Shaffer (play)
Philip Yordan (writer)
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Release Date:
15 July 1970 (West Germany) more
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Tagline:
The birth of a hero. The death of an empire. The adventure of a lifetime.
Plot:
The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Robert Shaw ... Francisco Pizarro

Christopher Plummer ... Atahualpa
Nigel Davenport ... Hernando de Soto
Leonard Whiting ... Young Martin
Michael Craig ... Estete
Andrew Keir ... Valverde
William Marlowe ... Candia
James Donald ... King Carlos
Alexander Davion ... De Nizza
Sam Krauss ... Felipillo
Percy Herbert ... Diego
David Bauer ... Villac Umu
Danny Yordan ... Vasca
Alfredo Porras ... Manco
Joaquín Parra ... Mendoza
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Runtime:
USA:118 min | UK:121 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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the most significant battle in history, 27 April 1999
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Author: plaster from las vegas

This dramatic tale of what was arguably the most significant and one sided battle in history should be seen by all. A trivial army of 167 conquistadors lead by Pisarro killed 7000 of the Inca's god king Atahualpa's army of 80,000 in a single battle. The battle was symbolic of Spain's rape of America, but more generally of Europe's domination of the world. The "victory" of the west can be seen as no more than the "good luck" of the bloody thirsty warriors of Western Europe who learned so much from fighting with each other that collectively they could achieve world hegemony. In this battle horsemen, steel, and an ideology of duplicity won the day over a naive other world whose innocence is now virtually unimaginable.

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