"I don't trust shoes."
Its Nineteenth Century Bahia, and the bandit Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski) is given the job as overseer on lord Octavio Coutinho's (José Lewgoy) sugar plantation. When Cobra gets all three of Octavio's daughters pregnant, he is sent to West Africa, to buy slaves. Being the only white man in the area brings many pressures and leads to abuse, torture and whilst Cobra reacts by raising a rebel army, it is obvious he is going insane.
The film that broke Herzog and Kinksi's relationship. This is a contemplative piece, with Kinksi using all his brooding majesty to hold the attention.
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