Christopher Columbus (Christopher Columbus) is a British film directed by David MacDonald in 1949 .
Synopsis
In 1486 , Christopher Columbus went to the court of Spain , to convince the Queen to finance his project of a new sea route to India, from the west. Six years later, in 1492 , his request having finally been accepted, Columbus embarked with his crew aboard the Niña , Pinta and Santa Maria …
Technical sheet
- Title: Christopher Columbus
- Original title: Christopher Columbus
- Director: David MacDonald
- Assistant Director: Don Weeks
- Scenario: Cyril Roberts , Muriel and Sydney Box , based on the novel (uncredited) by Rafael Sabatini Christopher Columbus
- Director of Photography: Stephen Dade
- Cameraman: David Harcourt
- Music: Arthur Bliss (and Doreen Carwithen , additional music), directed by Muir Mathieson
- Artistic Director: George Provis
- Sets: Maurice Carter
- Costumes: Elizabeth Haffenden and (uncredited) Joan Ellacott
- Editing: Vladimir Sagovsky (credited V. Sagovsky)
- Producer: A. Frank Bundy , for Gainsborough Pictures
- Genre : historical film
- Format: colors ( Technicolor )
- Duration: 99 minutes
- Release dates: United Kingdom : / France :
Distribution
(in the order of the ending credits)
- Fredric March ( VF : Marc Valbel ) : Christopher Columbus , the Genoese navigator who discovered America
- Florence Eldridge ( VF : Cecile Didier ) : Queen Isabella
- Francis L. Sullivan ( VF : Pierre Morin ) : Francisco de Bobadilla , the enemy of Columbus
- Kathleen Ryan : Beatriz , the mistress of Columbus
- Derek Bond : Diego de Arana , a sailor from Castile, companion of Columbus
- Nora Swinburne ( VF : Paula Dehelly ) : Juana de Torres
- Abraham Sofaer : Louis de Santangel
- Linden Travers ( VF : Claire Guibert ) : Beatriz Enriquez of Peraza
- James Robertson Justice : Martin Pinzon , Commander of Pinta
- Dennis Vance : Francisco Pinzon, the driver of the Pinta
- Richard Aherne : Vicente Pinzon , the commander of La Niña
- Felix Aylmer : Father Perez , the former confessor of the Queen
- Francis Lister ( VF : René Fleur ) : King Ferdinand
- Edward Rigby : Pedro
- Niall MacGinnis ( VF : Jean-Henri Chambois ) : Juan de la Cosa , a companion cartographer of Columbus
- Ralph Truman : the captain
- Ronald Adam : Talavera
- Guy Le Feuvre ( VF : Maurice Dorleac ) : the admiral
- Lyn Evans : Lope
- David Cole : The son of Columbus
- Hugh Pryse : the chaplain
- R. Stuart Lindsell : the prior
- William Monroe Cypert : Antonio Camino (uncredited)
- Thelma Grigg : a lady in the company (uncredited)
- Anthony Steel : a messenger (uncredited)