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1969 film by Gillo Pontecorvo

For other films with a similar title, see Burn (disambiguation) § Films.

Burn! (original title: Queimada) is a 1969 historicalwardrama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.

Set in the mid-19th century, the film stars Marlon Brando as a British agent provocateur sent to overthrow a Portuguese colony in the Caribbean by manipulating a slave revolt to serve the interests of the sugar trade, and the complications that arise from the formation of a subsequent puppet state.

The fictional plot is partly based on the activities of American filibusterWilliam Walker, after whom the main character is named, and his 1855 invasion of Nicaragua. Screenwriters Franco Solinas and Giorgio Arlorio also drew on the experiences of intelligence agent Edward Lansdale, who served the United States government in the Philippines and Indochina in the 1950s through the 60s, and the Cuban Revolution.

The film is an Italian and French co-production by Alb