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Kings of the Sun

"Now a lost world becomes a new world of adventure!"

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.

Top Cast

  • Yul Brynner

    Yul Brynner

    Chief Black Eagle

  • George Chakiris

    George Chakiris

    Balam

  • Shirley Anne Field

    Shirley Anne Field

    Ixchel

  • Richard Basehart

    Richard Basehart

    Ah Min

  • Brad Dexter

    Brad Dexter

    Ah Haleb

  • Barry Morse

    Barry Morse

    Ah Zok

  • Armando Silvestre

    Armando Silvestre

    Isatai

  • Leo Gordon

    Leo Gordon

    Hunac Ceel

  • Victoria Vetri

    Victoria Vetri

    Ixzubin

Overview

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.

Rating

6.1 / 10
49 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Aug 12, 2023

    The oddest of casting here as Yul Brynner, George Chakiris and Shirley Anne Field star in a story of a Mayan population driven from their city by invaders. They take refuge in what they hope will be a safe haven far away and rebuild their temple. Brynner plays "Black Eagle" the chief of the local tribe already in-situ and after a few skirmishes, he gets captured and falls in love with Chakiris' betrothed - "Ixchel" (Field) before the invaders catch up with them... It is rare for meso-American history to be the focus of a plot and it makes for quite an interesting cultural backdrop. Sadly, it's not really capitalised upon and the writing and performances are just too stilted to make this anything much more than a typical sword-and-sandal effort set on a different continent.

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