The Mission
One will trust in the power of prayer. One will believe in the might of the sword.
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.
- Director
- Roland Joffé
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $17M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
15 billed performers
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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.
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Box Office & Release
The Mission returned 0.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $17M
- Release date
- Sep 6, 1986
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- Argentina, Brazil
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