Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
Cobra Verde [videorecording] / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion ; produced by Lucki Stipetic ; written and directed by Werner Herzog.
Publisher, Date:
Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2002.
Description:
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by MPAA.
Series:
Herzog/Kinski Collection.
Subjects:
Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989 -- Film and video adaptations.
Outlaws -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Ouidah (Benin) -- History -- Drama.
Brazilians -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Plantations -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Slavery -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Slave trade -- Brazil -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
Brazil -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
German language -- Films for English speakers.
Genre:
Action and adventure films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other Author:
Herzog, Werner, 1942-
Stipetić, Lucki.
Kinski, Klaus.
Ampaw, King.
Lewgoy, José.
Basile, Salvatore.
Berling, Peter, 1934-
Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989. Viceroy of Ouidah.
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Based on The viceroy of Ouidah / Bruce Chatwin.
Special features include: Audio commentary with director Werner Herzog and Norman Hill ; theatrical trailer ; talent bios.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
DV12303
DV11729 (set)
Other Number:
50601741
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
727447
Call Number:
PN1997 .C626 2002
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
1
Medium:
[videorecording]