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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%, Metacritic 55/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 74% of the 387 1980s adventure movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
168 audience votes
Key crew
- Werner HerzogDirector
- Werner HerzogScreenplay
- Popol VuhOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Klaus KinskiFrancisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
- King AmpawTaparica
- José LewgoyDon Octavio Coutinho
- Salvatore BasileCaptain Fraternidade
- Peter BerlingBernabé
- Guillermo CoronelEuclides
- Nana Agyefi Kwame IIBossa Ahadee
- Nana Fedu AbodoYovogan
- Kofi YerenkyiBakoko
- Kwesi FaseKankpe
- Benito StefanelliPedro Vicente
- Cego OliveiraHimself
