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The Royal Hunt of the Sun is a 1969 British-American epic historical drama film based on the play of the same name by Peter Shaffer. It stars Robert Shaw as Francisco Pizarro and Christopher Plummer as the Inca Emperor Atahualpa .
The Royal Hunt of the Sun: Directed by Irving Lerner. With Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Leonard Whiting. In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- Irving Lerner
- 1969-10
The Royal Hunt of the Sun is a 1964 play by Peter Shaffer that dramatizes the relation of two worlds entering in a conflict by portraying two characters: Atahuallpa Inca and Francisco Pizarro.
Dive deep into Peter Shaffer's The Royal Hunt of the Sun with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), is a play written by English playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer. Set mostly in sixteenth-century Peru, the play dramatizes the account of Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro as he recruits 167 volunteers for a Peruvian mission to find the Inca’s gold.
Famed Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (Robert Shaw) returns to Peru for one final mission -- to conquer the Inca Empire, convert its people to Christianity and capture a supposedly massive...
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- History, Drama
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Directed by Irving Lerner. The birth of a hero. The death of an empire. The adventure of a lifetime. The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold.
