(O Cangaceiro)

Content: 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 …

Countries:

Spain,

Italy

Genres:

Western

Runtime:

102 minutes

Year:

1969

Directors:

Giovanni Fago

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Production companies:

Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A.,

Medusa Distribuzione,

Tritone Cinematografica

Actors:

Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"

Vicenzo

Vincent Helfer/Hoffman

Governor Branco

Colonel Minas

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