Film · 1963

Ganga Zumba

Name: Ganga Zumba
Director: Carlos Diegues
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1963-04-16

100 min · Directed by Carlos Diegues

Drama History

6.69
ratings

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Cast

Antônio Pitanga

Ganga Zumba / Antão

Léa Garcia

Cipriana

Eliezer Gomes

Anoroba

Luiza Maranhão

Dandara

Jorge Coutinho

Zózimo Bulbul

Cartola

Salustiano

Procópio Mariano

Waldir Onofre

Ruy Polanah

Á

Álvaro Pérez

Tereza Rachel

Senhora Pieró

J

José Scandal

R

Rui Solberg

Z

Zica do Cartola

Crew

Director: Carlos Diegues
Producer: Carlos Diegues, Jarbas Barbosa, Luiz Fernando Goulart, Beto Quartin
Writer: Carlos Diegues, João Felício dos Santos, Rubem Rocha Filho, Leopoldo Serran, Paulo Gil Soares
Editor: Ismar Porto
Cinematography: Fernando Duarte
Art Direction: Régis Monteiro
Composer: Moacir Santos, Nara Leão
Sound: Geraldo José

Details

Studios: Tabajara Filmes, Copacabana Filmes
Countries: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese
Release: April 16, 1963

Themes

freedomslaveryafricancolonialism

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