Viva Cangaceiro
1969, Italian. Directed by Giovanni Fago.
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 …
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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Cast & crew
- Giovanni FagoDirector
- Tomas MilianEspedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"
- Ugo PagliaiVicenzo
- Howard RossVincent Helfer/Hoffman
- Eduardo FajardoGovernor Branco
- Leo AnchórizColonel Minas
- Mário GusmãoBlack Devil
- Alfredo SantacruzCast
- Jesús GuzmánCast
- Claudio ScarchilliCast
- José Carlos FariasCast
- M. de MouraCast
- Irio FantiniCast
Details
- Released
- 23 December 1969
- Original title
- O Cangaceiro
- Country
- Spain, Italy
- Written by
- Bernardino Zapponi, José Luis Jerez, Giovanni Fago
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Viva Cangaceiro runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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What movies are like Viva Cangaceiro?
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Who directed Viva Cangaceiro?
Viva Cangaceiro (1969) was directed by Giovanni Fago and stars Tomas Milian, Ugo Pagliai, Howard Ross.