Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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: Tomas Milian, Ugo Pagliai, Howard Ross, Eduardo Fajardo, Leo Anchóriz, Mário Gusmão, Alfredo Santacruz, Jesús Guzmán, Claudio Scarchilli, José Carlos Farias, M. de Moura, Irio Fantini, Quinto Gambi, Aldo Gasparri, Bob Leo, Goffredo Unger, Baby do Brasil (Baby Consuelo)
Writers: Rafael Romero Marchent (Screenplay), Antonio Troiso (Story), José Luis Jerez (Story), Giovanni Fago (Story), Rafael Romero Marchent (Story), José Luis Jerez (Screenplay), Bernardino Zapponi (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Alejandro Ulloa
Production Designer: Amedeo Fago, Amedeo Fago
Editor: Eugenio Alabiso
Composer: Riz Ortolani
Costume Designer: Luca Sabatelli
Production: Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A., Medusa Distribuzione, Tritone Cinematografica
