Film

Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America

8.0202350mTPDocumentary History

Age rating: TP
Director: Eike Schmitz
Year: 2023

Everyone knows Columbus, but few know Vespucci. And yet, the continent of America was named after the banker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This film attempts to find the truth about the almost unknown Italian – was he a swindler, as was later claimed, or a daring navigator who first recognised the significance of Columbus' discovery?

Top cast

Michele Guidi

Amerigo Vespucci

Tommaso Giusto

Alonso de Hojeda

Pedro Álvarez Molina

Christoph Kolumbus

Sascha Rotermund

Self - Narrator (voice)

Directed by

Eike Schmitz

Written by

Susanne Utzt

Produced by

Eike Schmitz