Directed by:
Carlos SauraScreenplay:
Carlos SauraCinematography:
Teo EscamillaComposer:
Alejandro MassóCast:
Omero Antonutti, Lambert Wilson, Eusebio Poncela, Inés Sastre, José Sancho, Francisco Algora, Féodor Atkine, Víctor Valverde, Claudio Rodríguez, Jesús Nieto (more)Plots(1)
Saura made the exciting theme of conquering the recently discovered American continent into an epic with what was then the highest budget in Spanish cinematography. With the aim to de-romanticise historic reality he shows the truly barbaric nature of the military expeditions lead by the 'conquistadores'. In the story of the expedition lead by Lope de Aguirre he drew on authentic period records from 1560. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
![Omero Antonutti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271306_334dc6.jpg)
Omero Antonutti
Italy
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
![Lambert Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/135/163135314_b42f02.png)
Lambert Wilson
France
Best movies:
La Dernière Nuit (1981) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Ernest & Celestine (2012)
![Eusebio Poncela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/517/517903_d6c3a3.jpg)
Eusebio Poncela
Spain
Best movies:
Operation Ogre (1979)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
El dorado (1988)
![Inés Sastre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272971_11455d.jpg)
Inés Sastre
Spain
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Lost City (2005)
El dorado (1988)
![José Sancho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/683/158683190_d1c1dc.jpg)
José Sancho
Spain
Best movies:
Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002) (TV movie)
Talk to Her (2002)
Live Flesh (1997)
![Francisco Algora](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/520/168520561_enoqjj.png)
Francisco Algora
Spain
Best movies:
La Ruche (1982)
Life Size (1974)
Traffic Jam (1979)
![Féodor Atkine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/096/160096737_6965d7.jpg)
Féodor Atkine
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Víctor Valverde
Spain
Best movies:
El dorado (1988)
The Angel of Budapest (2011) (TV movie)
Claudio Rodríguez
Spain
Best movies:
El dorado (1988)
The Cannibal Man (1972)
The Living Forest (2001)
Jesús Nieto
Spain
Best movies:
Honeycomb (1969)
El dorado (1988)
Island of the Damned (1976)
Francisco Merino
Spain
Best movies:
El Sur (1983)
Los serrano (2003) (series)
The Black Sword (1976)
Abel Vitón
Best movies:
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
El dorado (1988)
A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
María Luisa Rubio
Spain
Best movies:
El dorado (1988)
Panic Beats (1983)
Gabriela Roel
Mexico
Best movies:
El dorado (1988)
Jeremy (2015)
Old Gringo (1989)
José Solano
USA
Best movies:
El dorado (1988)
4:44 The Last Day on Earth (2011)
Curse of Alcatraz (2007)
Ángel Egido
Best movies:
El dorado (1988)