Viva Cangaceiro

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 …

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 23, 1969

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

italian

Countries

Spain, Italy

Production

Medusa Distribuzione,Tritone Cinematografica,Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A.,Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A., Medusa Distribuzione, Tritone Cinematografica

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0065517