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19 May 1985 (USA)
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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
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.
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This needs to be put on DVD!!!
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Cast
(Series Cast overview, first billed only) | Gabriel Byrne | ... | Cristoforo Colombo |
 | Rossano Brazzi | ... | Diego Ortiz De Vilhegas |
| Virna Lisi | ... | Dona Moniz Perestrello |
 | Oliver Reed | ... | Martin Pinzon |
| Raf Vallone | ... | Jose Vizinho |
 | Max von Sydow | ... | King John of Portugal |
 | Eli Wallach | ... | Father Hernando De Talavera |
 | Nicol Williamson | ... | King Ferdinand |
 | Faye Dunaway | ... | Queen Isabella of Spain |
| Michel Auclair | ... | Luis De Santangel |
| William Berger | ... | Francisco De Bobadilla |
| Keith Buckley | ... | De Torres |
| Mark Buffery | ... | Bartholomo Colombo |
| Anne Canovas | ... | Beatriz Enriquez |
| Elpidia Carrillo | ... | Coana |
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Cristoforo Colombo (Italy)
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USA:360 min (including commercials)
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"Cristoforo Colombo" theme song (Riz Ortolani - L. Raggi, Benjamin) performed by Plácido Domingo.
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Version of Alba de América (1951)
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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.