The Royal Hunt of the Sun

1969 • Directed by

Irving Lerner

Adventure, Drama

The birth of a hero. The death of an empire. The adventure of a lifetime.

The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect develops between captive and captor.