A Matadeira

A Matadeira

Movie 1994-01-02 16m Documentary War History
★ 8.0 / 10 · 2 votes

Canudos was a small village in northeastern Brazil, founded by the messianic leader Antônio Conselheiro and massacred by a powerful army until the death of the last of its 30,000 inhabitants, on October 5, 1897. The film tells the story of the Canudos massacre from an English cannon, nicknamed by the backlands people "A Matadeira", which was transported by twenty teams of oxen through the backlands to fire a single shot.

Status
Released
Studio
Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
Country
Brazil
Languages
English, Portuguese
Director
Jorge Furtado
Cast
Pedro Cardoso Pedro Cardoso Antônio Carlos Falcão Antônio Carlos Falcão
Ben Berardi Ben Berardi
Carlos Palombini Carlos Palombini
David Camargo David Camargo
Dejayr Figueira Dejayr Figueira
Irani Zucato Irani Zucato
Nelson Ebelt Nelson Ebelt
Régius Brandão Régius Brandão
Roberto Birindelli Roberto Birindelli
Zé da Terreira Zé da Terreira
Débora Finocchiaro Débora Finocchiaro
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