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Cobra Verde
Cobra Verde
drama, adventure
1987
Germany, Gana
Werner Herzog
111 min.
Klaus Kinski, King Ampou, Jose Levga
Adventurer Franciska Manuel da Silva, working on tin mines in Brazil at the beginning of the 19th century, having killed the offender, becomes a bandit of Cobra Verde. Hiding from punishment, he gets into Bayia, where, being a overseer on the plantations of Don Octaviu Coutine, seduces his daughters. The enraged owner sends a green cobra to Dagomea, in West Africa, to faithful death, since the crazy leader of Dagomei kills all whites. But the enterprising Francis manage not only to establish the trade of slaves, but also to defeat the army army.