Viva Cangaceiro

movie

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 …

Cast & crew

Claudio Scarchilli · Leo Anchóriz · Tomas Milian · José Luis Jerez · Alfredo Santacruz · Ugo Pagliai · Mário Gusmão · José Carlos Farias · Jesús Guzmán · Rafael Romero Marchent · Eduardo Fajardo · Giovanni Fago · Antonio Troiso · Howard Ross · Bernardino Zapponi

Studios & networks

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