Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
Directing | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Director |
Writing | Pedro Juan Vignale | Screenplay |
Writing | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Screenplay |
Sound | Alexandre Gnatalli | Music |
Sound | Abigail Moura | Music |
Production | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Producer |
Production | Gregorio Walerstein | Producer |
Production | Roberto Acacio | Producer |
Sound | Sergio Alvarez | Sound |
Editing | José Cañizares | Editor |
Camera | Mario Pagés | Director of Photography |
Directing | Roberto Farias | Assistant Director |
Directing | Darcy Evangelista | Assistant Director |
Directing | Ismar Porto | Assistant Director |
Directing | Ary Fernandes | Assistant Director |
Writing | Sadi Cabral | Dialogue |