
Viva Cangaceiro
6.7/101h 42m1969

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 …
Genres
Western
Production Companies
Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A.
Medusa Distribuzione
Tritone Cinematografica
Additional Information
Original Title:O Cangaceiro
Original Language:Italian
Status:Released