The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
Spain, 1519. Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator in the service of King Charles I, undertakes, at the command of five ships, a commercial expedition to the Moluccas. The story of the first circumnavigation of the world, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Pedro MarquesOriginal Music Composer
- Antonio Fernández TorresScreenplay
- Manuel H. MartínDirector
- Manuel H. MartínScreenplay
Cast
- Jordi BoixaderasSelf - Narrator (voice)
- José María MadiedoSelf - Astrophysic
- Ana PiresSelf - INESCTEC/ISEP Researcher
- Ignacio HorcadaSelf - Spanish Navy Vice Admiral
- Bruno Gonçalves NevesSelf - Portuguese Navy Lieutenant
- Guadalupe FernándezSelf - Historian
- Pablo Emilio Pérez-MallaínaSelf - Historian
- Silvestre de Almeida LacerdaSelf - Historian
- José MarquesSelf - V Centenary Commission President
- Xabier AlberdiSelf - Historian
- María Antonia Colomar AlbajarSelf - Historian
- Tomás MazónSelf - Researcher
Stills
Themes
spiceoceanic expeditionphilippine history16th centuryportuguese historyspanish historycircumnavigationhispanic monarchy (spanish empire)