''A Morte Comanda o Cangaço'' is a 1960 Brazilian

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directed by

Carlos Coimbra Carlos Coimbra (1925 – 14 February 2007) was a Brazilian film editor, director and screenwriter. His film ''A Morte Comanda o Cangaço'' was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''A Morte Comanda ...

and Walter Guimarães Motta. Shot in

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

, it stars

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, and Milton Ribeiro in a fiction about ''

cangaço ''Cangaço'' () was a phenomenon of Northeast Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This region of Brazil is known for its aridness and hard way of life, and in a form of "social banditry" against the government, many men and women d ...

''. It was entered into the

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. The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the

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at the 33rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Cast

as Raimundo Vieira *

as Florind * Milton Ribeiro as Capitano Silvero * Maria Augusta Costa Leite as Dona Cidinha * Gilberto Marques as Coll. Nesinho *

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* Lyris Castellani * Apolo Monteiro * Edson França * José Mercaldi * Leo de Avelar * Jean Lafront

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* 1960 films 1960 Western (genre) films 1960s Portuguese-language films Brazilian Western (genre) films Docudrama films Films directed by Carlos Coimbra Films set in 1929 Films shot in Pernambuco Films about outlaws Films about cangaço {{1960s-Western-film-stub

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