Viva Cangaceiro

Viva Cangaceiro

1969
1h 42m
6.7

6.7/10

13 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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 …

Status: Released

Language: IT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A. Medusa Distribuzione Tritone Cinematografica
Production Countries
Spain Italy
Spoken Languages
Italian

Quick Facts

Original Title O Cangaceiro
Release Date December 23, 1969
Status Released
Language IT
IMDb ID tt0065517

Cast

Tomas Milian
Tomas Milian

Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"

Ugo Pagliai
Ugo Pagliai

Vicenzo

Howard Ross
Howard Ross

Vincent Helfer/Hoffman

Eduardo Fajardo
Eduardo Fajardo

Governor Branco

Leo Anchóriz
Leo Anchóriz

Colonel Minas

Mário Gusmão
Mário Gusmão

Black Devil

Alfredo Santacruz
Alfredo Santacruz

Jesús Guzmán
Jesús Guzmán

Claudio Scarchilli
Claudio Scarchilli

José Carlos Farias
José Carlos Farias

M. de Moura
M. de Moura

Irio Fantini
Irio Fantini

Key Crew

Giovanni Fago
Director
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay
José Luis Jerez
Screenplay
Rafael Romero Marchent
Screenplay