Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
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- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Felipillo
- (as Sam Krauss)
- Mendoza
- (as Joaquin Parra)
- Salinas
- (as Jose Panzio)
- Rodas
- (as Oscar Alvarez)
- Domingo
- (as Lisardo de la Inglesia)
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The Royal Hunt Of The Sun was a successful play on Broadway running for 261 performances, written by Peter Shaffer. It won a Tony Award for young David Carradine playing Atahualpa. But in the film version Robert Shaw plays Pizarro and Christopher Plummer who was Pizarro on stage plays Atahualpa. I'm guessing that Plummer's Pizarro was a bit less rough around the edges than Shaw is in the film.
He's certainly a fascinating Atahualpa who like the early emperors of the Roman Empire took divinity unto himself. The problem is that when you're supposed to be a god, you have to occasionally do something really spectacular to prove your claim. That's what kind of undoes Plummer in the end.
As for Pizarro, he never claimed he was anything, not even a gentleman. He was a soldier by profession, an illegitimate kid who raised pigs as a young man and left to join the Spanish army of Emperor Charles V. Atahualpa was also born on the wrong side of the blanket and defeated his brother in a civil war for the Inca Empire. That's a most human act and Pizarro is quick to notice.
He also is a shrewd judge of the Inca psychology. When in that famous event he tricks Atahualpa into captivity, Pizarro realizes the empire built on a godhead emperor can't function without him. The Incas are paralyzed with the fact they're whole belief system is being put to the test and failing badly. Of course in theological discussions with Father Andrew Keir of the expedition, Atahualpa's not doing too bad himself. But these are only academic exercises.
This is not a faithful adaption. The whole scene at Charles V's court with James Donald as the Emperor is written for the screen. A whole lot of peripheral characters have been changed as well. Still the spirit of what author Shaffer was trying to say is realized.
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun is both entertaining and intellectually stimulating.
All that aside, his acting is excellent, too. This movie re-tells this sad chapter of history very well and very accurately.
Based on a play by Peter Shaffer , it has a dramatic style with a lot of interior scenarios , but also displays some battle scenes and sword-play . Main cast gives nice acting such as Robert Shaw as the brave Pizarro and Christopher Plummer provides overacting as a strange Atahualpa who puts faces, grimaces and says rare words and sounds ; Plummer played Pizarro in 1965 Off-Broadway . Support cast is frankly good such as Andrew Keir, Michael Craig , James Donald , Percy Herbert , Leonard Whiting as Martin and special mention for Nigel Davenport as Hernando de Soto . The motion picture finely written by Philip Yordan was well directed by Irving Lerner who made some acceptable films as Cry battle, Murder by contract , City of fear , Edge of fury . This was Lerner's fourth collaboration with writer/producer Philip Yordan in less than 10 years. Others three were Studs Lonigan , Captain Apache and A town called Bastard.
The picture is based on historical events : Pizarro commands an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire governed by Emperor Atahualpa , as he proceeded with his conquest accompanied by 200 men on 24 Sept 1532 . Following the defeat of his brother Huascar , Atahualpa arrived in Cajamarca on 15 november , there Pizarro had a force of just 110 foot soldiers 67 cavalry 3 arquebuses and 2 falconets . He sent Hernando Pizarro and De Soto to meet him in his camp . Athaulpa agreed to meet in his plaza fortress the next day . Fray Vicente Valverde and a native interpreter approached to him and Atahualpa said : "I will be no man's tributary" . There is a battle and the Spanish were successful . Francisco captures the Incan emperor , the god chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold . Later on , Pizarro executed his 12-man honor guard and taking the Inca captive at the so-called Ransom Room . Despite fullfilling his promise of filling one room with gold and two with silver , Atahualpa was convicted of 12 charges including killing his brother and plotting against Pizarro and his troops . He was executed by garrote on 29 August 1533. Francisco and De Soto were opposed to execution but Pizarro consented to the trial due to the great agitation among soldiers particularly by Almagro . After that , Pizarro advanced with his army of 500 Spaniards toward Cuzco that was conquered.Pizarro founded Lima in 1535 which he considered to be one of the most important things he had created in his life . A dispute ocurred between Pizarro and Almagro respecting the limits of Cuzco jurisdiction . This led to confrontations and Almagro was eventually defeated during the battle of Salinas . In Lima 1541 a group of 20 heavily armed of Diego Almagro the younger stormed Pizarro's palace assassinating him, he painted a cross in his own blood and cried for Jesus Christ . Diego Almagro Jr was caught and executed the following year after losing the battle of Chupas .
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesChristopher Plummer had played Pizarro in the 1965 Broadway run of the play; he was asked by Robert Shaw to sign on to the film as Atahualpa. Plummer drew inspiration for his own performance from David Carradine's stage depiction of the Inca.
- GaffesIn their first meeting, Atahualpa's words are translated to Pizarro and his men, but he apparently understands Pizarro's and the priest's words directly. He later speaks to Pizarro without a translator. Atahualpa did not speak or understood Spanish.
- Citations
Francisco Pizarro: Save you all. My name is Francisco Pizarro. I'm a bastard, and a soldier of Spain. Once, the world could have had me for a petty farm, two rocky fields, and a señor to my name. But the world said no. Said no and said no. Well, now the world is going to remember me!
- ConnexionsReferenced in Les Grands Fonds (1977)
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- Der Untergang des Sonnenreiches
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- Durée2 heures 1 minute
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1