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Movie

Cobra Verde

1987·1h 51m·Not Rated
DramaAdventure
IMDb Rating
★ 6.9/10
9,219 votes
Metascore
55
Metacritic

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.

Cobra Verde is a 1987 drama adventure movie directed by Werner Herzog, starring King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Klaus Kinski. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9/10 from 9,219 votes and runs 1h 51m.

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Director
Werner Herzog
Stars
King Ampaw
José Lewgoy
Klaus Kinski
Salvatore Basile
Details
1987-12-03
111 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ West Germany, Ghana
★ German, Ewe, Portuguese
Keywords
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