
Directing
Humberto Mauro
Born — Died
1897-04-30 — 1983-11-05
Place of birth
Volta Grande, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Known for
Directing
Credits
58 titles
Humberto Duarte Mauro (30 April 1897 – 5 October 1983) was a Brazilian film director. He is often considered the greatest director of early Brazilian cinema. Mauro's second feature film Thesouro Perdido (Lost Treasure) won the Brazilian "Film of the Year" award in 1927. Later that year, Phebo Sul America Film was reorganized into Phebo Brasil Film. The first film released under the new Phebo was Braza Dormida (Sleeping Ember). Braza Dormida was a boxoffice success and furthered Mauro's career as one of Brazil's leading directors. In July 1929, Mauro's final film for Phebo Brasil Film, Sangue Mineiro (Blood of Minas Gerais), was shown in Cataguases. In 1930, the film was given a nationwide …
Known for
NRThe new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.
Colagem
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Oxigênio
1958
NRA panel of the capital of Minas Gerais at the end of the 1950s. Aspects of its modern layout, the result of a pre-established urban plan, with its communication routes, squares and public buildings. Understanding the history of the city and its geographical location. Considerations on teaching, commerce and industry. Pampulha and residential neighborhoods.
Belo Horizonte
1958
4.0The epic of the exploration and conquest of the Brazilian territory, in search of gold and precious stones.
Bandeirantes
1940
8.0A theater manager about to go bankrupt decides to accept help from his daughter and her boyfriend to save the family's finances, which she does with the sponsorship of a rich man.
Cidade Mulher
1936
NRBalanced on a perch, the parrot is encouraged to imitate the sounds of human speech.
Parrot
1937
Film credits
2000s · 1 titles
1970s · 7 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas
1977
8.0A short documentary on the film works directed by Brazilian pioneer Humberto Mauro. With an extensive career that began in the silent era and then moved to the talkies, Mauro was recognized as one of the most important Brazilian filmmakers of all time.
Humberto Mauro
1970
NRCelebrating his 80th birthday, pioneer Brazilian filmmaker Humberto Mauro talks about his life, work, and the project "A Noiva da Cidade".
Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany
1977
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom
1979
8.0When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.
A Noiva da Cidade
1978
10.0Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.
Mulheres de Cinema
1978
6.5Documentary about Humberto Mauro, his work and its importance.
Mauro, Humberto
1975
1960s · 2 titles
NRThe new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.
Colagem
1967
10.0Couple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home movies. In these movies, Helena, the woman's suicidal friend, has an important role.
Memories of Helen
1969
1930s · 4 titles
6.8A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he becomes part of a love triangle.
Rough Gang
1933
9.0Carmen, a poor and beautiful woman, lives in a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro. All men desire her, including her stepfather, but she only has eyes for her boyfriend, Milton. After being expelled from home, she finds out her lover is married. Unhappy with her life, she finds a place in a boarding house and tries to find a job, with no success. Tired and starving, she ends up passing out in the street, being helped by a passer-by, who leaves her at writer Flávio Martins's house, a man torn between the proposal of an arranged marriage, an old flame, and the new guest.
Woman
1931
6.0Lelita, a rich young lady, is courted by Paulo, her cousin, but she starts to believe that he is also having an affair with her sister.
Virgin Lips
1930
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chegada de Humberto Mauro de Veneza
1938
1920s · 2 titles
Behind the camera
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Oxigênio
1958
NRA panel of the capital of Minas Gerais at the end of the 1950s. Aspects of its modern layout, the result of a pre-established urban plan, with its communication routes, squares and public buildings. Understanding the history of the city and its geographical location. Considerations on teaching, commerce and industry. Pampulha and residential neighborhoods.
Belo Horizonte
1958
4.0The epic of the exploration and conquest of the Brazilian territory, in search of gold and precious stones.
Bandeirantes
1940
8.0A theater manager about to go bankrupt decides to accept help from his daughter and her boyfriend to save the family's finances, which she does with the sponsorship of a rich man.
Cidade Mulher
1936
NRBalanced on a perch, the parrot is encouraged to imitate the sounds of human speech.
Parrot
1937
5.0An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.
Um Apólogo
1939
NRShort documentary about orchids.
Orchids
1937
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Judas em Sábado de Aleluia
1947
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ruy Barbosa
1949
Aspects of the Brazilian composer's life, highlighting musical excerpts from the "Série Brasileira".
Alberto Nepomuceno
1950
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas
1977
NRBiographical data about Castro Alves: the different cities where he lived, the love misadventures, the school institutions where he studied and his poetry. Countryside landscapes illustrate the narrated trajectory. Negra caresses a child in a performance by Castro Alves with her nanny Leopoldina. Men work in pestles, weed. Views of the cities of Cachoeira and Salvador. In the capital, highlights include the Church, Feira de Meninos, the Solar da Boa Vista. Views of the city of Recife. The Recife Faculty of Law. A herm of the poet. The Santa Isabel Theatre. Return to Salvador and the São João Theater.
Castro Alves
1948
6.0A short documentary about the Victoria Regia.
Victória Régia
1937
8.0Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy).
Minas Conspiracy
1948
A look at the now abandoned production farms, substituted by power plants.
Mills and Factories
1955
5.0Between captured images, animations and scientific descriptions, the puraquê electric fish is presented through the eyes of Humberto Mauro and Carlos Chagas Filho.
O Puraquê
1939
NRThe need for water in human life.
Captação da Água
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Voz do Carnaval
1933
NRTwo young men from Paris bring "wonderful civilizing ideas" into the brain. But, as they returned without pity, they began to call for an auction of the furniture and objects of art that garrison their "garconiére", last vestige of the passage of opulence. The great idea would be to install a cabaret in the favela for tourists in search of new sensations and also for the inhabitants of the city. On the hill, one of the boys experiences the greatest surprise: he found there, living among the humble, teaching to read to the children, Rosinha, an enchanted little princess, queen of the hill.
Favela dos Meus Amores
1935
NRTwo young men from Paris bring "wonderful civilizing ideas" into the brain. But, as they returned without pity, they began to call for an auction of the furniture and objects of art that garrison their "garconiére", last vestige of the passage of opulence. The great idea would be to install a cabaret in the favela for tourists in search of new sensations and also for the inhabitants of the city. On the hill, one of the boys experiences the greatest surprise: he found there, living among the humble, teaching to read to the children, Rosinha, an enchanted little princess, queen of the hill.
Favela dos Meus Amores
1935
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Endemias Rurais
1960
6.8A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he becomes part of a love triangle.
Rough Gang
1933
6.8A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he becomes part of a love triangle.
Rough Gang
1933
6.9A young man from Rio who, down on his luck in the capital, takes a job as manager of a sugar mill in the country, where he finds love with the mill owner’s daughter. The former manager, who had been demoted for incompetence, becomes jealous and tries to sabotage the mill.
Dormant Embers
1928
6.9A young man from Rio who, down on his luck in the capital, takes a job as manager of a sugar mill in the country, where he finds love with the mill owner’s daughter. The former manager, who had been demoted for incompetence, becomes jealous and tries to sabotage the mill.
Dormant Embers
1928
NRA FAB officer makes a forced landing on the pasture of a countryside and arrives at a house, where he is greeted by Maria, a paralyzed lace maker. Without a phone so that he could report the accident to the Aeronautics School, the officer decides to tell everything about the School.
O Segredo das Asas
1945
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cidade de Mariana
1959
NRBiographical data of Euclides da Cunha.
Euclydes da Cunha - 1866-1909
1944
A group of bandits look for a treasure map.
National Treasure
1927
A group of bandits look for a treasure map.
National Treasure
1927
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Rural Constructions
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Academia Brasileira
1937
A short documentary of macaws
Aráras
1940
7.3In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Belo Horizonte, the industrial Sampaio lives in a manor house with his stepdaughter Carmen, who has a sort of engagement with Roberto...
Sangue Mineiro
1929
7.3In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Belo Horizonte, the industrial Sampaio lives in a manor house with his stepdaughter Carmen, who has a sort of engagement with Roberto...
Sangue Mineiro
1929
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Preparo e Conservação dos Alimentos
1955
5.0Historical information about the opera "O escravo", by Carlos Gomes, highlighting the fourth act, in which Iberê sings Iara's love.
O Escravo
1944
NRThe findings of Danish paleontologist Peter Lund. The landscape of the region of Lagoa Santa, the men, the houses and the animals. Some of the caves from where Lund collected the remains of prehistoric animals and humans. Some fossils from the caves of the Lagoa Santa region. The fossils of the Lund room in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro.
Lagoa Santa
1939
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Silo Trincheira
1955


