A Morte Comanda o Cangaço

A Morte Comanda o Cangaço is a 1960 Brazilian Western action film directed 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.[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
Film poster
Directed byCarlos Coimbra
Walter Guimarães Motta
Produced byMarcelo de Miranda Torres
Written byCarlos Coimbra
Walter Guimarães Motta
Francisco Pereira da Silva
StarringAlberto Ruschel
Aurora Duarte
Milton Ribeiro
Music byEnrico Simonetti
CinematographyTony Rabatoni
Edited byCarlos Coimbra
Production
company
Aurora Duarte Produções Cinematográficas
Distributed byCinedistri
Release date
  • 28 December 1960 (1960-12-28)[1]
Running time
100 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Cast

  • 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

References

  1. "A Morte Comanda o Cangaço" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. Tolentino, Célia Aparecida Ferreira (2001). O rural no cinema brasileiro. UNESP. pp. 85–86. ISBN 9788571393752.
  3. Ramos, Fernão; Miranda, Luiz Felipe (2000). Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro. Senac. ISBN 9788573590937.
  4. "IMDB.com: Awards for A Morte Comanda o Cangaço". imdb.com. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  5. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.