The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 German-American
swashbuckler film based on the character of the masked outlaw
Zorro created by
Johnston McCulley. It was directed by
Martin Campbell and stars
Antonio Banderas,
Anthony Hopkins,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, and
Stuart Wilson. The film features the original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega (Hopkins), escaping from prison to find his long-lost daughter (Zeta-Jones) and avenge the death of his wife at the hands of the corrupt governor Rafael Montero (Wilson). He is aided by his successor (Banderas), who is pursuing his own vendetta against the governor's right-hand man while falling in love with de la Vega's daughter.