The Bandit (1953)
In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher Olívia, expecting to receive a ransom for her. However, one of his men, Teodoro, falls in love and flees with her through the arid backcountry chased by the brigands.
Director: Lima Barreto
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Milton Ribeiro as Capitão Galdino Ferreira |
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Alberto Ruschel as Teodoro |
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Marisa Prado as Olívia |
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Vanja Orico as Maria Clódia |
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Zé do Norte as Ze, the singing outlaw |
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Adoniran Barbosa as Mané Mole |
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Ricardo Campos as Tortured bandit |
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Nieta Junqueira as Woman in tears |
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Nicolau Sala as |
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Neusa Veras as |
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João Batista Giotto as |
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Leonel Pinto as |
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Galileu Garcia as |
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Lima Barreto as |
| Production | Cid Leite da Silva | Producer |
| Sound | Ricardo Prado | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Lúcio Braun | Editor |
| Writing | Rachel de Queiroz | Dialogue |
| Editing | Oswald Hafenrichter | Editor |
| Directing | Lima Barreto | Director |
| Sound | Gabriel Migliori | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Giuseppe Baldacconi | Editor |
| Writing | Lima Barreto | Writer |
| Camera | H.E. Fowle | Director of Photography |
| Art | Carybé | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierino Massenzi | Costume Design |
| Writing | Carybé | Storyboard |
| Sound | Erik Rasmussen | Sound |
| Production | Rigoberto Plothow | Production Assistant |
| Production | Valter Thomás | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Galileu Garcia | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dani Balbo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Bernadete Ruch | Continuity |
| Art | Osvaldo Cruz Kemeny | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Art | Marcelo Primavera | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Art | Heitor Sabino | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ronald Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Geter Costa | Cinematography |
| Lighting | Horácio Camargo | Electrician |
| Crew | Angelo Dreos | Machinist |
| Sound | Ernesto Hack | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Boris Silitschany | Sound Engineer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacy Silveira | Wardrobe Designer |
| Art | Pierino Massenzi | Art Direction |
| Art | José Noboru Honda | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Pierino Massenzi | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victor Merinow | Makeup Artist |