Manaos
Manaos (Spain / Italy / Mexico 1979 / Director: Alberto Vázquez Figueroa)
This is a Eurowestern- Runtime: 93 min
- Release Date: 1979
Also known as
Manaos (original title) | Amazonjunglens slavelejr (Denmark) | Vankileiri Manaoksen orjat (Finland - the video box title) | Violence à Manaos (France) | Manaos (Italy) | Manaos (Czechoslovakia) | Μανάος: Δραπέτης της κολάσεως (Greece) | Rebelión en la selva (Mexico) | Manaos (Portugal) | Бежавшие из ада (Soviet Union) | Manaos (Spain) | Manaos (Turkey) | Manaos - Die Sklaventreiber vom Amazonas (West Germany) | Sklaven der Hölle (West Germany - the video title).
Cast and crew
- Cast: Fabio Testi (Arquimedes), Jorge Rivero (Howard), Agostina Belli (Claudia), Andrés García (Carmelo Sierra), Florinda Bolkan (Manuela Aranda), Jorge Luke (Ramiro), Alberto De Mendoza (Mario Buendía), Alfred Mayo (Sebastián), Milton Rodríguez (Aranda), Carlos East (Scott), Carlos Nieto (Yusulaki), Mike Moroff (Jao), Alfredo Wally Barrón (Saldaña), Miguel Ángel Fuentes (the first bodyguard), Jorge Reynoso (the second bodyguard), John Fonseca (Blanchard), Kleomenes Stamatiades (Souza), Carlos González (Tigre), Humberto Johnson (Chino), Luis Negrete (Blanquinegro), Eduardo Noriega (Echevarría), Yogi Ruge (the singer), Lizetta Romo (the first woman), Margarita Vernise Margarita Vernise (the second woman), Manuel Anaya (Indio).
- Story: Alberto Vázquez Figueroa (the same name novel)
- Screenplay: Alberto Vázquez Figueroa, Carlos Vasallo, Juan Antonio Porto
- Directors of photography: Alejandro Ulloa
- Music: Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi, Vince Tempera
- Songs: "Manaos" Sung by Crossbow
- Editors: Roger Macrosky, Sigfrido García, Otello Colangeli
- Set decorator: Kleomenes Stamatiades
- Art decorator: Kleomenes Stamatiades
- Producers: Carlos Vasallo, José María Reyzabal, Federico Aicardi
Synopsis
A group of heroes attempt to escape from the rubber plantations through the city of Manaos. The plantation owner allows the refugees to be chased, and their adventure culminates in a mutiny on a steamboat sailing down the Amazon River.. --by Jan Švábenický
Trivia
It is an adventure film with western elements set in early 20th century South America. The film was directed by writer Alberto Vázquez Figueroa based on his own novel of the same name. --by Jan Švábenický
