Synopsis
In the shade of a tree in his native San Basilio de Palenque, Evaristo Márquez boasted of being the only Colombian to have spit at Marlon Brando in the face. It was in his part as José Dolores, the black man who, tired of foreign oppression, decided to take over the imaginary island of Queimada, coveted by international powers because of its extensive sugar plantations. All this happened in the early nineteenth century, at the height of the slave trade, when the mercenary William Walker (Marlon Brando) is hired by the English Crown to instigate a revolt against the Portuguese government and have it replaced with one more favorable to England’s trading interests.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Les Artistes Associés
- Foreign production company : Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
- French distribution : Les Artistes Associés
Full credits (5)
- Screenwriters : Franco Solinas, Giorgio Arlorio
- Directors of Photography : Marcello Gatti, Giuseppe Ruzzolini
- Music Composer : Ennio Morricone
- Editor : Mario Morra
- Foreign Producer : Alberto Grimaldi
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : War
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1968
- French release : 27/01/1971
- Runtime : 1 h 54 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 35178
- Visa issue date : 08/01/1971
- Approval :
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
