Viva Cangaceiro
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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 …
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Cast
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Tomas Milian
Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"
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Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
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Eduardo Fajardo
Governor Branco
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Leo Anchóriz
Colonel Minas
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Mário Gusmão
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Alfredo Santacruz
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Jesús Guzmán
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Claudio Scarchilli
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José Carlos Farias
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Irio Fantini
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Giovanni Fago Director · Bernardino Zapponi Screenplay Rafael Romero Marchent Screenplay
First release December 23, 1969 · Produced in Spain, Italy · Production Medusa Distribuzione, Tritone Cinematografica
Production
Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A.
Production
Medusa Distribuzione
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Tritone Cinematografica
Production
Spain · Italy
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Languages
Original title
O Cangaceiro
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 23, 1969
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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