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Cabeza de Vaca

1991-10-11 · 111 min · ★ 6.8

Action · Drama · History

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.

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Production details

Directors
Nicolás Echevarría
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
Countries
Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Juan DiegoJuan DiegoAlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Roberto SosaRoberto SosaCascabel / Araino
Carlos CastanonCastillo
Gerardo VillarrealEstebanico
Roberto CoboRoberto CoboLozoya
José FloresMalacosa
Farnesio de BernalFarnesio de BernalFray Suárez
Josefina EchánoveJosefina EchánoveAnciana Avavar
Ramón BarragánPánfilo de Narváez
Julio Solórzano FoppaAlcaraz
Daniel Giménez CachoDaniel Giménez CachoDorantes
Max KerlowMax KerlowMan in armor
Jorge SantoyoAide de camp
José Manuel PoncelisJosé Manuel PoncelisWounded Indian
Mayra SérbuloMayra Sérbulo

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