Colón en el cine español: tres miradas en el tiempo

  • María del Carmen Pasán García
  • Gustavo Adolfo Luis Cedrés
Keywords: Discovery of America, Cristopher Columbus, Émile Bourgueois, Juan de Orduña, Ridley Scott, Cinema & History, Queen Isabella of Spain, Indigenous

Abstract

The Discovery of America is a very important and controversial episode of our national history. This achievement has been presented some times by the Spanish cinematography. This paper is based on three films which present in an extensive manner this episode: La Vida de Cristóbal Colón y su descubrimiento de América by Émile Bourgueois (1916); Alba de América by Juan de Orduña (1951) and 1492, la Conquista del Paraíso (1492, the Conquest of Paradise) by Ridley Scott (1992). The differents ways to deal with this episode in the three films are analyzed taking in mind the historical time of each film: a monarchy, a dictatorial state and a democracy.

Published
2005-04-15
How to Cite
Pasán García, María del Carmen, and Gustavo Adolfo Luis Cedrés. 2005. “Colón En El Cine Español: Tres Miradas En El Tiempo”. Latente - Revista De Historia Y Estética Del Cine, Fotografía Y Cultura Visual, no. 3 (April), 73-90. https://www.ull.es/revistas/index.php/latente/article/view/5957.
Issue
No 3 (2005)
Section
Miscellaneous

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