Kings of the Sun (1963)

Directed by

J. Lee Thompson

Genre

adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Mayan king leads his people in a struggle against a conquering ruler in ancient Mesoamerica. The story involves battles, alliances, and survival in the jungle.

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What happens

Kings of the Sun is a 1963 DeLuxe Color film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes were filmed in Mazatlán and Chichen Itza. The film marks the second project Thompson completed with Yul Brynner within a year — the other being Taras Bulba. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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