# Burn! (1969)

> A mercenary who manufactures a Caribbean slave revolt for imperial profit is forced to confront the revolution when its leaders threaten the empire that employed him.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/27587

## Facts

- Runtime: 129 min
- Genres: History, Drama, War
- Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
- Cast: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia, Valeria Ferran Wanani, Giampiero Albertini, Norman Hill, Thomas Lyons
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064866/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, confrontational, politically charged, political film night, historical cinema marathon

## Synopsis

A mercenary's past comes back to haunt him as he faces the consequences of his actions on a Caribbean island.

## Movies like Burn!

- [Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)](https://ember.film/movie/1127)
- [The Wild Geese (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/3726)
- [Spartacus (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/804)
- [The Professionals (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/13374)
- [Drum (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/61351)
- [The Leopard (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/832)
- [Lion of the Desert (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/16068)
- [Antonio das Mortes (1969)](https://ember.film/movie/52141)
- [The Mercenary (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/32198)
- [Cobra Verde (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/6482)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt