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  • Queimada
Genre : Adventure
Type : Fiction
Original title : Isyan Turkey [Turkish title] | La quemada [Colombia] | Queimada - Insel des Schreckens [West Germany] | Queimada! [Argentina] | Quemada! [Spain] | Mercenary (The) [Canada (English title)]
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1969
Format : Feature
Running time : 110 (in minutes)

A principios del siglo XIX, el gobierno británico envía a William Walker, agente secreto y aventurero, a la isla de Queimada. Su misión consiste en destruir el monopolio del comercio del azúcar, controlado en aquellos días por los portugueses.

Direc.: Gillo Pontecorvo
Nac: Francia - Italia.
Año: 1969
Durac: 112 min. / v.o.s.e.

Director Gillo Pontecorvo
Título original: Queimada
Guión: Franco Solinas y Giorgio Arlorio
Producción: Produzioni Europeee Associates (Roma) y Les Productions Artistes Associés (París)
Productor: Alberto Grimaldi
Fotografía: Marcello Gatti (Color Deluxe)
Montaje: Mario Morra
Música original: Ennio Morricone
Intérpretes: Marlon Brando (Sir William Walker), Evaristo Márquez (José Dolores), Renato Salvatori (Teddy Sánchez), Norman Hill (Shelton), Tom Lyons (General Prada), Wanani (Guarina), loseph Persuad (Juanito), Gianpiero Albertini (Henry), Carlo Pammucci (Jack), Cecily Browne (Lady Bella), Dana Ghia (Francesca), Maurice Rodríguez (Ramón), Alejandro Obregón (Comandante inglés)

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The man who sells war. The bloodier the battle - the higher the price. He's going to make a fortune on this one.

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized to much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

Production Companies
Europee Associate SAS
Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)

Distributors
United Artists (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
United Artists Pictures (1971) (Finland) (theatrical)
Criterion Collection, The (USA) (laserdisc)
MGM Home Entertainment
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1987) (Finland) (TV) (MTV1)


1972 | Fotogramas de Plata
Won: Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) for Marlon Brando

1970 | David di Donatello Awards
Won: David, Best Director (Migliore Regia) for Gillo Pontecorvo

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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