# Cobra Verde (1987)

Cobra Verde is a 1987 German drama film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski, in their fifth and final collaboration. It is a film about Francisco Manoel da Silva, a Brazilian bandit who, after impregnating the daughters of a plantation owner, is sent to West Africa to reopen the slave trade. In Dahomey, he negotiates with the local king, ultimately leading a rebellion and becoming embroiled in the complexities of the slave trade and colonialism.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1987
- By: Werner Herzog
- Genres: Drama, History, Adventure
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/cobra-verde-1987)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/cobra-verde-1987?play=1)