The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Name: The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Director: Irving Lerner
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1969-10-05
Duration: 2 h 1 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Leonard Whiting, Michael Craig

“The birth of a hero. The death of an empire. The adventure of a lifetime.”

1969

2h 1m

Adventure Drama

Director: Irving Lerner

Writers: Peter Shaffer, Philip Yordan

Overview

The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect develops between captive and captor.