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Cabeza de Vaca
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Cabeza de Vaca

Oct 11, 1991
1h 51m
★ 6.9

Overview

An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.

Genres

Action
Drama
History

Production Companies

American Playhouse
Cooperativa José Revueltas
Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica
Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila
Gobierno del Estado de Nayarit
Grupo Alica
Iguana Producciones
Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario
Sociedad Estatal para la Ejecucion de Programas del V Centenario
Universidad de Guadalajara
TVE
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Film4 Productions

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Cast

Juan Diego

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Juan Diego

Roberto Sosa

Cascabel / Araino

Roberto Sosa

Carlos Castanon

Castillo

Carlos Castanon

Gerardo Villarreal

Estebanico

Gerardo Villarreal

Roberto Cobo

Lozoya

Roberto Cobo

José Flores

Malacosa

José Flores

Farnesio de Bernal

Fray Suárez

Farnesio de Bernal

Josefina Echánove

Anciana Avavar

Josefina Echánove

Ramón Barragán

Pánfilo de Narváez

Ramón Barragán

Julio Solórzano Foppa

Alcaraz

Julio Solórzano Foppa

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Dorantes

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Max Kerlow

Man in armor

Max Kerlow