Viva Cangaceiro (1969)
O Cangaceiro
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 …
- Date of release
- 1969-12-23
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Giovanni Fago
Casting
- Tomas Milian — Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"
- Ugo Pagliai — Vicenzo
- Howard Ross — Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
- Eduardo Fajardo — Governor Branco
- Leo Anchóriz — Colonel Minas
- Mário Gusmão — Black Devil
- Alfredo Santacruz
- Jesús Guzmán
- Claudio Scarchilli
- José Carlos Farias
- M. de Moura
- Irio Fantini
Interesting facts
Viva Cangaceiro is a Brazilian themed Spaghetti Western-like movie co-produced by Spain and Italy and directed by Giovanni Fago.
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