Viva Cangaceiro (1969)
Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …
Director:
Giovanni Fago
Writers:
Bernardino Zapponi, José Luis Jerez, Rafael Romero Marchent.
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Tomas Milian as Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer" |
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Ugo Pagliai as Vicenzo |
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Howard Ross as Vincent Helfer/Hoffman |
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Eduardo Fajardo as Governor Branco |
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Leo Anchóriz as Colonel Minas |
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Mário Gusmão as Black Devil |
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Alfredo Santacruz as |
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Jesús Guzmán as |
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Claudio Scarchilli as |
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José Carlos Farias as |
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M. de Moura as |
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Irio Fantini as |
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Quinto Gambi as Pedro |
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Aldo Gasparri as |
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Bob Leo as |
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Goffredo Unger as |
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Baby do Brasil (Baby Consuelo) as |
| Directing | Giovanni Fago | Director |
| Writing | Bernardino Zapponi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giovanni Fago | Story |
| Writing | José Luis Jerez | Screenplay |
| Writing | Rafael Romero Marchent | Story |
| Writing | Antonio Troiso | Story |
| Writing | José Luis Jerez | Story |
| Writing | Rafael Romero Marchent | Screenplay |
| Art | Adolfo Cofiño | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Eugenio Alabiso | Editor |
| Crew | Alejandro Ulloa | Cinematography |
| Sound | Riz Ortolani | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Amedeo Fago | Production Design |
| Art | Amedeo Fago | Art Direction |
| Art | Paulo Lima | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luca Sabatelli | Costume Design |
