Cobra Verde
October 29, 2008Cobra Verde
Call Number: VHS 00051
by Werner Herzog; Klaus Kinski; King Ampaw; José Lewgoy; Salvatore Basile; Peter Berling; Bruce Chatwin; Popol Vuh (Musical group); Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.;
Format: VHS
Language: German with English subtitles
Publisher: Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2000.
Notes: Originally released in 1987 (110 mins.); Edition includes original theatrical trailer; Based on the novel “The viceroy of Ouidah” by Bruce Chatwin;
Summary: Francisco Manoel da Silva, 19th century, gun-toting Brazilian bandit known as the Cobra Verde, is unknowingly hired by the owner of a sugar plantation to keep his slaves in check, but instead, the Cobra manages to sleep with the landowner’s daughters and impregnate them. In revenge, the owner sends the Cobra on a dangerous mission to sail to the West coast of Africa and reopen the slave trade, and the Cobra wages war with a local tribal king.
OCLC #: 45323080
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
