Directing
Humberto Mauro
Born 1897-04-30 · Volta Grande, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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 release. The film was critically and popularly acclaimed. This was the first film in which Mauro worked with Carmen Santos who would star in many of Mauro's later films. Phebo Brasil Film did not have the resources to continue to produce films. Adhemar Gonzaga offered Mauro a directing job for Cinédia, which was centered in Rio de Janeiro. Gonzaga had started to shoot Lábios sem Beijos (Lips Without Kisses) which starred Carmen Santos. However, Carmen became pregnant was unable to finish production. Gonzaga handed the project over to Mauro, who both directed and photograpghed the film, in March 1930. Mauro decided to make the film silent even though sound was available. He wanted to explore the possibilities of silent film. Upon release in 1930, the film won the Jornal do Brasil film of the year award. Mauro acted as cinematographer for Cinédia's second film Muhler (Woman). Mauro began shooting Ganga Bruta in September 1931. The film was not completed until 1933 due to cast replacements. The film was silent with synchronized sound recorded on Vitaphone discs added later. The film received little acclaim until two decades after its release. Mauro co-directed his first talking film with Adhemar Gonzaga. A Voz do Carnaval (The Voice of Carnival) was a musical. Afterwards, Mauro left Cinédia for Brasil Vita Filme in 1934. He directed two feature films and several documentaries for Brasil Vita Filme. In 1936, Mauro joined the Instituto de Nacional do Cinema Educativo (INCE), which was then the government office for educational and propaganda films. Mauro shot hundreds of documentaries when he was working in INCE, and he also shot his last three movies: Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil), Argila (Clay), and O Canto da Saudade (The Song of Yearning). His final film was Carro de Bois (Ox Cart), a documentary, in 1974. Description above from the Wikipedia article Humberto Mauro, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
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Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais
2008
A group of bandits look for a treasure map.
National Treasure
1927
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
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
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
6.0A documentary-tribute to the filmmaker Humberto Mauro considered the pioneer of Brazilian and Latin American cinema, directed by his grandnephew, André Di Mauro.
Humberto Mauro
2018
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
7.0Coronel Januário's goddaughter, Maria Fausta, is having a secret affair with João do Carmo. While her godfather is engaged in his political campaign for mayor of the city, the couple disappears. Galdino, an accordionist who is secretly in love with her, goes looking for them.
O Canto da Saudade
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Flagrantes da Vida Rural: Fazendas Clássicas
1977
NRThe new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.
Colagem
1967
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom
1979
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
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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chegada de Humberto Mauro de Veneza
1938
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
Behind the camera
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
NRThe need for water in human life.
Captação da Água
1954
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Judas em Sábado de Aleluia
1947
8.0Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy).
Minas Conspiracy
1948
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.
O Oxigênio
1958
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
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
Aspects of the Brazilian composer's life, highlighting musical excerpts from the "Série Brasileira".
Alberto Nepomuceno
1950
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
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
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.
Ruy Barbosa
1949
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Endemias Rurais
1960
6.0A short documentary about the Victoria Regia.
Victória Régia
1937
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Silo Trincheira
1955
NRShort documentary about orchids.
Orchids
1937
5.8In Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto (Celso Guimarães) is a talented artisan engaged of Marina (Lídia Mattos), working in a pottery factory. He is hired by the millionaire widow Luciana (Carmem Santos) to perform a restoration in her castle in Correas, a district of Petrópolis. He suffers an accident and Luciana lodges and treats him for a long period, and they fall in love for each other.
Clay
1942
5.8In Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto (Celso Guimarães) is a talented artisan engaged of Marina (Lídia Mattos), working in a pottery factory. He is hired by the millionaire widow Luciana (Carmem Santos) to perform a restoration in her castle in Correas, a district of Petrópolis. He suffers an accident and Luciana lodges and treats him for a long period, and they fall in love for each other.
Clay
1942