Cabeza De Vaca
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nicolás Echevarría
Juan Diego
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Roberto Sosa
Carlos Castanon
Gerardo Villarreal
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The adventure of Spanish conquistador Alvar Cabeza De Vaca, who after being shipwrecked in 1528 off the coast of Florida, traveled for eight years across North America to the pacific coast of Mexico, enduring enslavement, starvation, intertribal warfare and the depredations of the Conquistadors along the way, but also engaging in mysticism and spiritual rebirth.
Director
Nicolás Echevarría
Cast
Juan Diego
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Roberto Sosa
Carlos Castanon
Gerardo Villarreal
Roberto Cobo
Jose Flores
Eli Machuca
Farnesio Debernal
Josefina Echanove
Max Kerlow
Oscar Yoldi
Ramon Barragan
Julio Solorzano Foppa
Javier Escobar Villarreal
Victor Hugo Salcedo
Jorge Santoyo
Juan Sanchez Duarte
Adyari Chazaro
Mayra Serbulo
Jose Manuel Poncelis
Hector Tellez
Victor Hugo Martin Del Campo
Adriana Guzman
Yvonne Leyton
Santiago Carrillo
Alejandro Carrillo
Santiago Lopez
Geraldo Martinez
Juan Carlos Martinez
Gerardo Duran
Alfredo Mejia Baron
Alejandro Tamayo
Antero Chavez
Jose Salinas
Jesus Vazquez
Gerardo Sanchez
Sara Iliana Sanchez
Gisela I Sanders
Dulce Maria Villarreal
Groupo De Danza Mexico Huehuecoyotl
Armando Flores
Isreal Villa
Nayelli Zepeda
Juana Dorantes
Alicia Sanchez
Crew
Benito Alfredo Aguilar
Carlos Aguilar
Jose Luis Aguilar
Jorge Arvizu
Juan Antonio Ayala
Bruce Bell
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Lilia Cardenas
Rafael Castanedo
Alejandro Clancy
Jose Angel Cordero
Laurencio Cordero
Manuel Cordero
Rafael Cruz
Guillermo Del Toro
Pastora Diaz
Nicolás Echevarría
Oscar Eguia
Tolita Figueroa
Julio Solorzano Foppa
Felix Fragoso
Juan Arturo Gaytan
Pedro Gonzalez
Arthur H Gorson
Arthur H Gorson
Guadalupe Hernandez
Luis Horcasitas
Thomas J Huth
Marissa Iglesias
Jorge Lara
Mario Lavista
Alejandro Luna
Gerardo Manjarrez
Alfredo Mejia Marin
Elsa Armenta Marin
Angeles Martinez
Horacio Martinez
Alejandro Milan
Scott A Milan
Dean Minnerly
Rigoberto Mora
Andres Moreno
Hector Moreno
Terre Moreno
Rob Muchnicki
Berta Navarro
Berta Navarro
Guillermo Navarro
Lorenza Newton
Salomon Ordonez
Guadalupe Ortega
Guadalupe Ortega
Rafael Ortega
Craig Otte
Jose Peguero
Julio Pelaez
Timothy Philben
Grazia Rade
Rosina Rivas
Xavier Robles
Xavier Robles
Guillermo Rodriguez
Lidya Romero
Marisela Romero
Alma Rossbach
Gaddiel Ruffiel
Uzziel Ruffiel
Josefina Ruiz
Jorge Sanchez
Guillermo Sheridan
Sebastian Silva
Sergio Suaste
Terence Thomas
Geraldo Torres
Jose Antonio Urunuela
Eduardo Valverde
Burt Weinstein
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States April 1991
Released in United States February 1991
Released in United States March 1991
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States on Video September 8, 1993
Released in United States Spring May 15, 1992
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in competition) February 15-26, 1991.
Shown at Birmingham International Film & Television Festival September 20 - October 5, 1991.
Shown at Festival Latino Film (New Trends In Mexican Cinema) in New York City August 16 - September 5, 1991.
Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival November 4-17, 1994.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Latin American Cinema) August 22 - September 2, 1991.
Shown at New Directors/New Films series New York City March 15-31, 1991.
Shown at San Francisco Film Festival April 26 - May 9, 1991.
Feature directorial debut for documentary filmmaker Nicolas Echevarria.
Broadcast over PBS on "American Playhouse" series September 1992.
Began shooting May 14, 1990.
Completed shooting July 6, 1990.
English version available
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Birmingham International Film & Television Festival September 20 - October 5, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Festival Latino Film (New Trends In Mexican Cinema) in New York City August 16 - September 5, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Latin American Cinema) August 22 - September 2, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at San Francisco Film Festival April 26 - May 9, 1991.)
Released in United States March 1991 (Shown at New Directors/New Films series New York City March 15-31, 1991.)
Released in United States February 1991 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in competition) February 15-26, 1991.)
Released in United States April 1991 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Hollywood Salutes Hong Kong and King Hu) April 11-25, 1991.)
Released in United States Spring May 15, 1992
Released in United States on Video September 8, 1993
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival November 4-17, 1994.)
