Burn! Movie Review 1970

An Italian-made indictment of imperialist control by guerrilla-filmmaker Pontecorvo, depicting the efforts of a 19th century British ambassador to put down a slave revolt on a Portuguese-run Caribbean island. Great Brando performance.

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Available on VHS
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from French, Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slavery

Screenplay

Giorgio Arlorio, Franco Solinas

Cast

Marlon Brando, Evarist Marquez, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Dana Ghia, Giampiero Albertini, Tom Lyons

Cinematography

Marcello Gatti

Director

Gillo Pontecorvo

Music

Ennio Morricone

Producer

United Artists