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Lampião, King of the Badlands

Lampião, King of the Badlands

19637.51h 43m

Overview

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.

Directed by Carlos Coimbra
Written by Thalma de Oliveira, Carlos Coimbra
Produced by Oswaldo Massaini
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Top Cast

Leonardo Villar

Leonardo Villar

Lampião

Vanja Orico

Vanja Orico

Maria Bonita

Dionísio Azevedo

Dionísio Azevedo

João de Mariana

Milton Ribeiro

Milton Ribeiro

Sabino

Glória Menezes

Glória Menezes

Açucena

Roberto Ferreira

Roberto Ferreira

Sargento

Antônio Pitanga

Antônio Pitanga

Sadi Cabral

Sadi Cabral

Marlene França

Marlene França

David José

David José

About Lampião, King of the Badlands

Lampião, King of the Badlands is a action, adventure, drama film released in 1963. Directed by Carlos Coimbra, it stars Leonardo Villar, Vanja Orico, Dionísio Azevedo. The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.

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