The Mission(1986)

movie - first aired/released 1986-09-06 - 125 min - audience 7.4

Adventure, Drama, Action, History

Directed by Roland Joffé

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.