The Mission (Captioned)

United Kingdom, 1986

Film
Please note

Sorry, we aren't able to make images or video for this item available to the public online.

A man of the sword. A man of the cloth. A clash of civilisations. A fight to the death. A political parable and portrait of 18th century missionary works. Shot on location in the breathtaking jungles of South America. “The Mission” is a movie experience to be shared by all. Stars Robert de Niro and Jeremy Irons.

How to watch

Stream, rent or buy via Just Watch Logo

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Roland Joffe

co-producer

Fernando Ghia

David Puttnam

Duration

02:05:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324606

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → American Film Festival - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - France - Cannes - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Brazil

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Missionaries

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Religion

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → South America

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Massacres

Closed captioning

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Catholic Church

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Colonies

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Imperialism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Missionaries

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Religion

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Society, Primitive

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Historical films

History → Colonies

History → Massacres

History → Missionaries

History → Slavery

History → Society, Primitive

Places → Brazil

Places → South America

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q302490

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/80588--the-mission-captioned/ |title=The Mission (Captioned) |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=23 September 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}