Kings of the Sun


Kings of the Sun is a 1963 DeLuxe Color film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes filmed in Mazatln and Chichen Itza. The film marks the second project Thompson completed with Yul Brynner within a year the other being Taras Bulba.

Balams party comes to a coastal settlement with many boats. Balam wants the population of the settlement to join him with their boats. The settlements chief agrees if Balam agrees to marry his daughter, Ixchel Shirley Anne Field, and make her Queen. Balam agrees.The new land they arrive in is a province occupied by a Native American tribe led by Black Eagle Yul Brynner. They are none too pleased about these strange, uninvited immigrants. In a small raid to capture one of the Mayans, Black Eagle is wounded and taken captive to the Mayans fortified settlement. Balams love interest Ixchel tends to the Indians wounds and gains an interested suitor, one who is more forthcoming with his love for her. ........

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