Memória do Cangaço
6.7
The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an Arab peddler who managed to film the famous band of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, the "Lampião".
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Cast
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Paulo Gil Soares
Narrator
Also in
A Cabra na Região Semi-Árida
Zé Rufino
Self
Affonso Beato
Also in
Supergirl
Plano B
Tomas Farkas
Benevides
Cabo Benevides
Benício Alves dos Santos
Self
Edgardo Pallero
Thomaz Farkas
Ângelo Roque da Costa
Self
Dadá
Self
Antonio Isidoro
Cabo Antonio Isidoro
Leonício Pereira
Cabo Leonício Pereira
Paulo Gil Soares Director · Affonso Beato Cinematographer João Ramiro Mello Editor
United States release September 15, 1971 · Produced in Brazil
Production
Itamaraty
Production
Brazil
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · September 25, 1964
Theatrical · Cinemateca
United States · September 15, 1971
New York City, New York
Brazil
March 8, 2025 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista (Mostra "Thomaz Farkas Filmes")
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