New World
The story of a virgin created by an indigenous artist and used by the Spanish as a weapon of conquest
Rating: 5.7 out of 10TMDB(11 votes)
Overview
Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...
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Box office
Made on a $1.25M budget
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Gabriel RetesScreenplay
- Pedro F. MiretWriter
- Original title
- Nuevo Mundo
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 10, 1978
- Original language
- Spanish
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Countries
- Mexico
Production
Cast
Aarón HernánFray Pedro Francisco de Cañas
Tito JuncoVirrey Don Martín Gómez de Peralta y Montellano
Bruno ReyDon Javier- Juan Ángel MartínezMaestro Manuel Ortiz
- Ignacio RetesDon Diego de Alba
Jorge Humberto RoblesSiervo- Jorge SantoyoCapitán español
Carlos Chávez- Abel Woolrich
María RojoIntérprete indígena
Guillermo GilFray Antonio
Elpidia CarrilloMujer de Don Diego de Alba- Luis Couturier
- Jaime Ramos
- Ernesto Liceaga
Alejandro Tamayo- Fernando Ferrer
- Enrique Ontiveros
- Alfredo Dávila
- Raúl Boxer
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