Cobra Verde
- Original title
- Cobra Verde
- Year
- 1987
- Running time
- 111 min.
- Country
- Germany - West Germany (FRG)
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Werner Herzog. Novel: Bruce Chatwin
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Germany - West Germany (FRG)-Ghana;
- Genre
- Adventure | Africa. Slavery. 19th Century
- Movie Groups
- Bruce Chatwin Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Klaus Kinski plays an enterprising young Brazilian who after impregnating the three daughters of his plantation-owning employer, is sent to West Africa to round up slaves. Kinski goes to great lengths to befriend the very people he hopes to enslave and he eventually manages to overthrow a mad monarch and set himself up as king. As the years pass, Kinski grows wealthy -- and careless. However, despite enslaving the tribe, he does show some signs of humanitarian benevolence.
- Rankings Position
- Critics' reviews
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"Verde is too blankly amoral to sustain interest, but the film has isolated moments of haunting poetry."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 91 My Favorite German Movies (14)
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