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

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directed and co-written by

Carlos Coimbra Carlos Coimbra (1925 – 14 February 2007) was a Brazilian film editor, director and screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, kn ...

and Walter Guimarães Motta. Shot in

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, it stars

Alberto Ruschel Alberto Ruschel (21 February 1918 – 18 January 1996) was a Brazilian actor, producer, and director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1947 and 1981. Selected filmography * ''The Bandit of Brazil, O Cangaceiro'' (1953) * ''Pride ( ...

, Aurora Duarte, and Milton Ribeiro in a fiction about ''

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'' in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Cast

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

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

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