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Director:
Writers:
Adriano Bolzoni (writer)
Laurence Heath (writer)
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Release Date:
19 May 1985 (USA) more
Plot:
The epic mini-series tells the story of the legendary Italian-born explorer Diego de Geona Taino, later known as Christopher Columbus, from his birth in c.1450 Genoa, Italy, to his young adult years as an expert sailor and navigator who, with money funded from the monarchy of Spain, sailed to the unknown West to find Asia in 1492, and instead found a 'New World' of the modern day West Indies to South America, and then follows his later years in his 50's as a tired, ailing man whose dreams of exploration and discovery to which he passed onto his son, and other followers, just before his death in 1506. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. more
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This needs to be put on DVD!!! more (7 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cristoforo Colombo (Italy)
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Runtime:
USA:360 min (including commercials)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
"Cristoforo Colombo" theme song (Riz Ortolani - L. Raggi, Benjamin) performed by Plácido Domingo. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Alba de América (1951) more

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This needs to be put on DVD!!!, 16 May 2002
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Author: allanjenks-1

This is an excellent movie (Tv Series). PLEASE get this on DVD!!! The acting is great. The producers outdid themselves. Gabriel Bryne is good in anything he does, and this is no exception. Max vonSydow likewise. I hope 'the powers that be' put this excellent series on DVD very very soon.

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