Cristoforo Colombo

[Oberon]

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I hated that movie, and the other one that came out the same year. Much better was the joint Spanish-American miniseries that came out in 1985, with Gabriel Byrne as Cristoforo Colombo (they used the real names), Faye Dunaway as Isabella, Nicol Williamson as Ferdinand, Max von Sydow as King John of Portugal, and Oliver Reed as Martin Pinzon.

It was an absolutely spectacular historical piece, with most of the major players portrayed, and spanning five hours.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088916/

The bad news is that it has never been released on DVD, at least not to the American market. There is a Region 2 release from Denmark, in English with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish subtitles.