Seven Cities of Gold

Dobrodružný / historický, USA, 1955, 103 min.



This is the story of the making...and the forging...of California...when men chose gold or God...the sword or the Cross!
In 1769, Don Gaspar de Portola and his friend, Lt. José Mendoza, travel by carriage to Mexico City, New Spain. At their insistence, the carriage travels so fast that it hits an old woman and kills her. Padre Junípero Serra gives the woman last rites and then chastises the soldiers for their carelessness. Upon arriving at their destination, the soldiers are given orders to occupy California, which, although discovered by the Spanish in 1536, has not yet been conquered. The soldiers also hope to discover the legendary Seven Cities of Gold. Two parties are dispatched by sea, and an advance group takes an overland route to San Diego Bay. The main expedition, commanded by Portola, is ordered to meet the other three parties at San Diego and then proceed northward to Monterey Bay. Padre Serra, who hopes to found a string of missions in California, is named spiritual director of the expedition. As he blesses the departing soldiers, however, Serra startles the men with an accusation. Serra denounces the Spanish military's plans to enslave the "childlike" Indians and plunder their Seven Cities and, pressing a burning torch to his breast, urges the men to behave like "children of God." Before they depart, José complains that Serra carries too many religious "trinkets," but after the expedition is surrounded by armed Indians, the priest prevents an attack by giving the curious visitors strings of colorful beads. When a soldier is killed by an arrow in camp that night, however, José argues that Serra's method of handling Indians is ineffective. Determined to be rid of Serra, Portola feigns concern about an abscess on the priest's leg and orders him back to Mexico City. Serra becomes even more determined to found his missions, and that night, submits to a painful procedure that cures his leg. Later, Serra and José become separated from the column and lose their way in a fierce desert windstorm. Out of nowhere, a shack appears, and they receive food and water from the man, woman and child who live inside. Serra believes they have been miraculously rescued by the Holy Family, but José, an agnostic, is skeptical. The Portola expedition finally arrives at San Diego Bay, only to discover that Rivera's advance party has been decimated by disease. Portola sends the
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