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The Mission
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
1986 · Directed by Roland Joffé · 125 min · Adventure · Drama · Action · History · 10 frames
Tagline
One will trust in the power of prayer. One will believe in the might of the sword.
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Bolt
- Cinematography: Chris Menges
- Edited by: Jim Clark
- Music: Ennio Morricone
- Production design: Stuart Craig
- Produced by: Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Rodrigo Mendoza
- Jeremy Irons as Father Gabriel
- Ray McAnally as Cardinal Altamirano
- Aidan Quinn as Felipe Mendoza
- Liam Neeson as Father John Fielding
- Cherie Lunghi as Carlotta
- Ronald Pickup as Hontar
- Chuck Low as Don Cabeza
- Bercelio Moya as Indian Boy
- Sigifredo Ismare as Witch Doctor
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, France, United States of America, Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina
- Language: English, Guarani, Latin, Spanish
- Studios: Goldcrest Films International, Kingsmere, Enigma Productions, Fernando Ghia Productions
- Budget: $24,500,000
- Box office: $17,200,000
- Themes: mission, resistance, christianity, religious conversion, based on true story, waterfall, jungle, argentina, colonisation, south america
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