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Burn! is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Gillo Pontecorvo released in USA on 21 october 1970 with Marlon Brando
Burn! (1969)
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Add to a movie listBurn! (Italian: Queimada) is a 1969 Italian drama film about the creation of a fictional banana republic in the Caribbean. The film is directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and stars Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, and Renato Salvatori; its music was composed by Ennio Morricone. Brando is cast as a British agent, named after the American filibuster William Walker, who manipulates a slave revolt to serve the interests of the sugar trade.
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The British government sends Sir William Walker (Brando), an agent provocateur, to the fictional island of Queimada, a Portuguese possession in the Lesser Antilles. Britain seeks to open the island to exploitation by the fictional Antilles Royal Sugar Company. Walker's task is to organize an uprising of African slaves against the Portuguese regime, which the British intend to replace with a government dominated by pliable white planters.Actors
Marlon Brando
(Sir William Walker)
Evaristo Márquez
(José Dolores)
Renato Salvatori
(Teddy Sanchez)
Giampiero Albertini
(Henry Thompson)
Dana Ghia
(Francesca)
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