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
Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"
Ugo Pagliai
Vicenzo
Howard Ross
Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
Eduardo Fajardo
Governor Branco
Leo Anchóriz
Colonel Minas
Mário Gusmão
Black Devil
Alfredo Santacruz
Unknown
Jesús Guzmán
Unknown
Claudio Scarchilli
Unknown
José Carlos Farias
Unknown
Bernardete Dinorá de Carvalho
Unknown
M. de Moura
Unknown
Irio Fantini
Unknown
Quinto Gambi
Pedro
Aldo Gasparri
Unknown
Bob Leo
Unknown
Goffredo Unger
Unknown
Crew
Giovanni Fago
Director, Story
Rafael Romero Marchent
Screenplay, Story
José Luis Jerez
Screenplay, Story
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay
Antonio Troiso
Story
Eugenio Alabiso
Editor
Alejandro Ulloa
Cinematography
Amedeo Fago
Production Design, Art Direction
Luca Sabatelli
Costume Design
Riz Ortolani
Original Music Composer
Adolfo Cofiño
Set Decoration
Paulo Lima
Set Decoration
