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  • Conquistadors The Fall of The Aztecs (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, History

Conquistadors

The Fall of The Aztecs (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, History
Host Michael Wood follows the route taken by Hernan Cortes (a lawyer by training, not a military man) in his 1519-21 conquest of Mexico. Accompanied at first by just 500 men and a slave woman named Malinche, who spoke both the Aztec and ...See moreHost Michael Wood follows the route taken by Hernan Cortes (a lawyer by training, not a military man) in his 1519-21 conquest of Mexico. Accompanied at first by just 500 men and a slave woman named Malinche, who spoke both the Aztec and Mayan languages, Cortes first encountered Montezuma's ambassador on Easter Sunday 1519. He was, says Wood, "singlehandedly to destroy a civilization." See less
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Director
David Wallace
Writer
Michael Wood
Producer
Rebecca Dobbs (producer)
Cinematographer
Peter Harvey
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jun 18, 2008
Release date
Jun 18, 2008 (Germany)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Michael Wood
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
River Journeys (1984)
Michel Antochiw
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Ex Libris (1988)
Peter Bieringer
Self - Narrator - German version Self - Narrator - German version   See fewer
Arrested Development (2003)
Andreas Birnbaum
Self - Narrator - German version Self - Narrator - German version   See fewer
Command and Control (2016)
Cuauhtémoc
Self Self   See fewer
Conquistadors (2000)
Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin
Self - Painter (as Desiderio Xochitiotzin) Self - Painter (as Desiderio Xochitiotzin)   See fewer
Conquistadors (2000)
Nikolai Huebner
Self - Narrator - German version Self - Narrator - German version   See fewer
Conquistadors (2000)
Stuart Sterling
Self Self   See fewer
Conquistadors (2000)
Fabio Gracia Torres
Self - Chief Forester Self - Chief Forester   See fewer
Conquistadors (2000)
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