Viva Cangaceiro (1969)

Viva Cangaceiro (1969)

1969-12-23 Spain, Italy 102 Min. PG-13
6.7 13 votes

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 …

Cast

Tomas Milian is Espedito/Miguein
Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"
Ugo Pagliai is Vicenzo
Howard Ross is Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
Eduardo Fajardo is Governor Branco
Governor Branco
Leo Anchóriz is Colonel Minas
Colonel Minas
Mário Gusmão is Black Devil
Black Devil