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 …
Giovanni Fago | Director |
Bernardino Zapponi | Screenplay |
Giovanni Fago | Story |
José Luis Jerez | Screenplay |
Rafael Romero Marchent | Story |
Antonio Troiso | Story |
José Luis Jerez | Story |
Rafael Romero Marchent | Screenplay |
Adolfo Cofiño | Set Decoration |
Eugenio Alabiso | Editor |