Carlos Manga

Directing

Carlos Manga

Born — Died

1928-01-06 — 2015-09-17

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

34 titles

Carlos Manga (6 January 1928 – 17 September 2015) was a Brazilian film director. He directed 25 films between 1952 and 1986.

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Cupim poster
9.0

Tristão dos Prazeres is a television consultor who is very popular amongst married women. In his show, he defends his theory that jealousy is a small feeling, a "termite" that destroys relationships. However, once he suspects his wife to be cheating on him, he gets enraged and sends his butler to investigate.

Cupim

1959

Papai Fanfarrão poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Papai Fanfarrão

1956

Esse Milhão é Meu! poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Esse Milhão é Meu!

1959

Quanto Mais Samba Melhor poster
7.0

A nationalist musician, Hélio, plans to stage a samba show at a luxury hotel nightclub. The owner, Ademar, influenced by his daughter Marisa, is only interested in big jazz acts. Hélio, aided by Bebeto and Dorothéia, presents a fake Dorothy Bridge and a Sunday Júnior, parodies of Eartha Kitty and Sammy Davis Junior. While being covered by these fake artists, Hélio searches for a singer for a repertoire based on Carmen Miranda.

Quanto Mais Samba Melhor

1961

Two Stories poster
9.0

Cacareco is a clumsy worker at a dry cleaners who constantly causes losses for his boss, the Portuguese Rebuçado. One day, he receives a package from his relatives in the north: Maria do Socorro, his goddaughter. Pursuing his dream of working in television, Socorro ends up involving Cacareco in numerous disputes, including fights, robberies, and gambling in an underground casino.

Two Stories

1960

A Dupla do Barulho poster
9.0

Tonico and Tião are two vaudevillian artists who travel across Brazil in search of fame and success. A crisis hits the duo when Tião gets tired of being a setup for Tonico's jokes in their numbers and leaves the troupe.

A Dupla do Barulho

1953

A Dupla do Barulho poster
9.0

Tonico and Tião are two vaudevillian artists who travel across Brazil in search of fame and success. A crisis hits the duo when Tião gets tired of being a setup for Tonico's jokes in their numbers and leaves the troupe.

A Dupla do Barulho

1953

O Homem do Sputnik poster
6.8

An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop.

O Homem do Sputnik

1959

E o Espetáculo Continua poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

E o Espetáculo Continua

1959

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila poster
6.3

Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

1955

Entre Mulheres e Espiões poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Entre Mulheres e Espiões

1963

Assim Era a Atlântida poster
8.1

No synopsis available yet.

Assim Era a Atlântida

1975

Assim Era a Atlântida poster
8.1

No synopsis available yet.

Assim Era a Atlântida

1975

Incidente em Antares - O Filme poster
6.6

Film adaptation of the TV Show in 1994, based on the novel of the same name by Érico Veríssimo. During a general strike in the city of Antares, gravediggers refuse to carry out burials, to increase pressure on employers. During the night, however, the dead claim the right to be buried.

Incidente em Antares - O Filme

2018

Vamos com Calma poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vamos com Calma

1956

Vamos com Calma poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vamos com Calma

1956

Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol poster
5.9

The team of Galinheiro Futebol Clube, formed by emeritus fighters, has as technical Cardea, advised by three direct assistants: Elvis, former player as Cardinal and aspiring singer; Fumê, cook of Independência Futebol Clube, great team in which Cardeal also works as a wardrobe; and Lupine, samba and composer.

Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol

1986

Os Dois Ladrões poster
9.0

The sophisticated thief Mão Leve and his simple-minded accomplice Jonjoca take from the rich to give to the poor. Their new mission is raising funds in order Mão Leve's brother can study abroad. But great care must be taken lest the honest boy discovers the origin of the money.

Os Dois Ladrões

1960

Garotas e Samba poster
8.0

Three young women sharing a room in a boarding house owned by a very strict matron dream of becoming famous in show busines

Garotas e Samba

1957

Garotas e Samba poster
8.0

Three young women sharing a room in a boarding house owned by a very strict matron dream of becoming famous in show busines

Garotas e Samba

1957

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Guerra ao Samba

1956

Matar ou Correr poster
7.4

"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is appointed Sheriff. They're intent on facing the dreaded Jesse Gordon, a gunman who kills for pleasure.

Matar ou Correr

1954

De Vento em Popa poster
8.5

Industrialist's son returns from the USA, where he'd been supposedly studying Nuclear Physics, when in fact he'd devoted himself to pop music, without his father's knowledge.

De Vento em Popa

1957

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

É a Maior

1958

Pintando o Sete poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pintando o Sete

1959

O Marginal poster
6.0

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lover of Beth, the young criminal realizes that he can enrich himself very and very fast.

O Marginal

1974

O Marginal poster
6.0

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lover of Beth, the young criminal realizes that he can enrich himself very and very fast.

O Marginal

1974

As Sete Evas poster
10.0

When a lady-killer announces his wedding, seven of his ex-girlfriends decide to kidnap him, keeping him in a sailing ship.

As Sete Evas

1962

Colégio de Brotos poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Colégio de Brotos

1955