1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Genres: Drama, Biography, Historical
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver
1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and starring Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, and Sigourney Weaver. It portrays a version of the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on indigenous peoples.