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 …
Tomas Milian
as Espedito/Miguein "The Redeemer"
Ugo Pagliai
as Vicenzo
Howard Ross
as Vincent Helfer/Hoffman
Eduardo Fajardo
as Governor Branco
Howard Ross
as Hoffmann
Leo Anchóriz
as Colonel Minas
Mário Gusmão
as Black Devil
Alfredo Santacruz
as
Jesús Guzmán
as
Claudio Scarchilli
as
José Carlos Farias
as
Bernardete Dinorá de Carvalho
as
