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The Mission, an Enigma production ; directed by Roland Joffé ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; written by Robert Bolt

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The Mission, an Enigma production ; directed by Roland Joffé ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; written by Robert Bolt
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG
Main title
The Mission
Oclc number
52283425
Responsibility statement
an Enigma production ; directed by Roland Joffé ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; written by Robert Bolt
Runtime
125
Summary
A powerful epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield a South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires. The story of Mendoza, a man who turns to God in anguish after murdering his own brother. Whilst a lay brother at a Jesuit mission in South America, conflict between Church and State arises with the threat of closing the mission. This forces him to make the agonizing choice to either obey the papal edict and abandon the native Indians to the jungle and slave traders or to fight the papal order
Table Of Contents
Disc one. The mission / Warner Brothers, Goldcrest and Kingsmere present ; an Enigma production, in association with Fernando Ghia ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé (1986, 125 minches) -- Disc two. Omnibus. The mission / a BBC-TV production, in association with Goldcrest ; film cameramen, John Howarth, Michael Anderson, Mary Routh ; film editors, Arthur Solomon, John Veal ; director, Robin Lough (1987, 57 minutes)
Target audience
pre adolescent
Technique
live action
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