Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America (2023)
2023 · 0h 50m · Documentary, History
Genres: Documentary, History
Everyone knows Columbus, but few know Vespucci. And yet, the continent of America was named after the banker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This film attempts to find the truth about the almost unknown Italian – was he a swindler, as was later claimed, or a daring navigator who first recognised the…
Director: Eike Schmitz
Writers: Susanne Utzt
Music by: Achim Gieseler
Cinematography: Thomas Bresinsky
Editor: Jonathan Ehrlich
Cast
Michele Guidi as Amerigo VespucciTommaso Giusto as Alonso de HojedaPedro Álvarez Molina as Christoph KolumbusSascha Rotermund as Self - Narrator (voice)More like this
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