Durante una rivolta degli schiavi nel 1844, un mercenario britannico aiuta un'isola coloniale delle Antille a ottenere l'indipendenza dal Portogallo. Anni dopo torna lì per cacciare all'uomo... Leggi tuttoDurante una rivolta degli schiavi nel 1844, un mercenario britannico aiuta un'isola coloniale delle Antille a ottenere l'indipendenza dal Portogallo. Anni dopo torna lì per cacciare all'uomo ed ex amico, capo dell'esercito ribelle locale.Durante una rivolta degli schiavi nel 1844, un mercenario britannico aiuta un'isola coloniale delle Antille a ottenere l'indipendenza dal Portogallo. Anni dopo torna lì per cacciare all'uomo ed ex amico, capo dell'esercito ribelle locale.
- Premi
- 5 vittorie e 1 candidatura
- José Dolores
- (as Evaristo Marquez)
- Juanito
- (as Joseph P. Persaud)
- Soldier
- (as Alvaro Medrano)
- Engl. Major
- (as Alejandro Obregon)
- Lady Bella
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Man on the ship
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Ramón
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
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- QuizMarlon Brando once said this film contains "the best acting I've ever done."
- BlooperPortugal never had any colonies in the Caribbean. Its only American colony, Brazil, has no coast in the Caribbean.
- Citazioni
Sir William Walker: Gentlemen, let me ask you a question. Now, my metaphor may seem a trifle impertinent, but I think it's very much to the point. Which do you prefer - or should I say, which do you find more convenient - a wife, or one of these mulatto girls? No, no, please don't misunderstand: I am talking strictly in terms of economics. What is the cost of the product? What is the product yield? The product, in this case, being love - uh, purely physical love, since sentiments obviously play no part in economics.
[general laughter]
Sir William Walker: Quite. Now, a wife must be provided with a home, with food, with dresses, with medical attention, etc, etc. You're obliged to keep her a whole lifetime even when she's grown old and perhaps a trifle unproductive. And then, of course, if you have the bad luck to survive her, you have to pay for the funeral!
[general laughter]
Sir William Walker: It's true, isn't it? Gentlemen, I know it's amusing, but those are the facts, aren't they? Now with a prostitute, on the other hand, it's quite a different matter, isn't it? You see, there's no need to lodge her or feed her, certainly no need to dress her or to bury her, thank God. She's yours only when you need her, you pay her only for that service, and you pay her by the hour! Which, gentlemen, is more important - and more convenient: a slave or a paid worker?
- Versioni alternativeThe complete version of this film runs 132 minutes. A 112-minute version under the title "Burn!" was released in the USA and the UK.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992)
"Burn" begins in 1845 as Sir William Walker (Brando) arrives on the island of Queimada, truly as far as can be judged as a harmless traveler but actually an agent of the British government ordered to incite a revolution that will shatter the Portuguese control on the island and permit the British to put their hand on the valuable sugar-cane total product Queimada has a population of two hundred thousand, of whom only five thousand are Europeans The main town is a well-protected port with a fort and a garrison, a governor's palace, a cathedral, a bank, a hotel and a brothel
The English gentleman recognizes he must play the part of a political Pygmalion He looks around for a suitable subject to train as a revolutionary and he selects José Dolores (Evaristo Marquez), a large, handsome black dock-worker with an air of confidence Walker also recruits Teddy Sanchez (Renato Salvatori), an almost-white clerk with political ambitions Walker persuades José Dolores to steal the bank of the island, and once he does, Walker reveals his name to the government, thereby turning Dolores into a hunted bandit The ingenious Walker then teaches Dolores and his followers in the use of firearms and gradually absorbs in them ideas and feelings to overthrow the Portuguese government
The film is quite obviously political in tone, and is a passionate piece of propaganda in the anti-colonial struggle Brando's interpretation of Sir William Walker is apt to call up memories of his Fletcher Christian This is another Englishman, whose gentle speech and soft manners disguise with courage and determination Walker is not a villain but a cold, inflexible pragmatist with a hard work to accomplish
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- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 431.817 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 12 minuti
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- 1.66 : 1