A Morte Comanda o Cangaço is a 1960 Brazilian Western action film directed and co-written by Carlos Coimbra and Walter Guimarães Motta.[2] Shot in Pernambuco, it stars Alberto Ruschel, Aurora Duarte, and Milton Ribeiro in a fiction about cangaço in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3] It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 33rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[5]
| A Morte Comanda o Cangaço | |
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| Directed by | Carlos Coimbra Walter Guimarães Motta |
| Written by | Carlos Coimbra Walter Guimarães Motta Francisco Pereira da Silva |
| Produced by | Marcelo de Miranda Torres |
| Starring | Alberto Ruschel Aurora Duarte Milton Ribeiro |
| Cinematography | Tony Rabatoni |
| Edited by | Carlos Coimbra |
| Music by | Enrico Simonetti |
Production company | Aurora Duarte Produções Cinematográficas |
| Distributed by | Cinedistri |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Cast
edit- Alberto Ruschel as Raimundo Vieira
- Aurora Duarte as Florind
- Milton Ribeiro as Capitano Silvero
- Maria Augusta Costa Leite as Dona Cidinha
- Gilberto Marques as Coll. Nesinho
- Ruth de Souza
- Lyris Castellani
- Apolo Monteiro
- Edson França
- José Mercaldi
- Leo de Avelar
- Jean Lafront
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A Morte Comanda o Cangaço" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ Tolentino, Célia Aparecida Ferreira (2001). O rural no cinema brasileiro. UNESP. pp. 85–86. ISBN 9788571393752.
- ^ Ramos, Fernão; Miranda, Luiz Felipe (2000). Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro. Senac. ISBN 9788573590937.
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for A Morte Comanda o Cangaço". imdb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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