Cobra Verde 1988 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama / Adventure aka: Slave Coast
Director: Werner Herzog Cast: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Jose Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile, Nana Agyefi Kwame, Peter Berling, Pedro Oliveira, Benito Stefanelli, Guillermo Coronel, Nana Fedu Abodo, Kofi Yerenkyi, Kwesi Fase, Kofi Bryan, Carlos Mayolo, A. Kwesi Compson
Herzog takes on African slave trading in this epic that didn't make it as big as some of his other films. Aggressive Francisco (Klaus Kinski) oversees a sugar plantation, but after getting the boss's three daughters pregnant he is sent to Africa to round up slaves. Instead, he overthrows the king and takes over the tribe himself.
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