Lola Brah

Acting

Lola Brah

Born 1920-07-07 · Viatka, URRS

Lola Brah (Russia, Kirov July 1, 1920 — São Paulo, July 14, 1981) was a film and TV actress. Born in Russia as Eleonora Beinarowicz, she came to Brazil with her family in 1933 and became a Brazilian citizen in 1948. Beautiful and sophisticated, she played the "femme fatale" type, standing out in important films during her career such as "Bahia de Todos os Santos", "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha", "Paixão na Praia", "A Marcha" and "Mestiça, a Escrava Indomitável".

Acting credits

A Marcha poster
9.5

A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions.

A Marcha

1972

No artwork available
8.0

Erotic comedy divided in three episodes.

As Secretárias... Que Fazem de Tudo

1975

Paixão na Praia poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Paixão na Praia

1971

Independence or Death! poster
7.0

The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.

Independence or Death!

1972

The Red Light Bandit poster
7.7

Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.

The Red Light Bandit

1968

Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome é Villa-Lobos poster
NR

German-Brazilian production on the life of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome é Villa-Lobos

1979

Embalos Alucinantes: A Troca de Casais poster
4.2

Sexual adventures of a prostitute's son and a bordello owner, who like to swap women.

Embalos Alucinantes: A Troca de Casais

1979

As Taras de Todos Nós poster
10.0

Three short tales of erotic drama. A shoe salesman falls in love with the perfect feet of a female costumer; a lonely widower keeps his house the exact same way his wife left it, until the arrival of a niece that ends up discovering a secret from her uncle; a troubled man falls deep into sexual fantasies after being rejected by his wife.

As Taras de Todos Nós

1982

The Ripper of Women poster
9.0

Suspected of murdering his girlfriend, man is judged by public opinion and gets implicated in a serial killing case.

The Ripper of Women

1978

Pensionato das Vigaristas poster
4.0

Six girls live in a boarding house and, in order to survive, form a gang of pickpockets, operating behind school uniforms. One day, they meet a Lady in Black who hires them to form a professional gang, of which she would be the leader, indicating the victims and locations through notes and phone calls. But one night, one of the girls is arrested at a nightclub by a decoy, a young woman used by the police to infiltrate suspicious environments. The gang is then dismantled, and the girls go to prison to answer for their crimes.

Pensionato das Vigaristas

1978

Reverse Sex poster
4.2

Heleno and Claudia reverses the daily roles traditionally reserved for men and women: He dedicated himself to domestic tasks. She's a jerky business lady.

Reverse Sex

1982

Night of the Female poster
7.0

On the eve of the premiere of a theatrical superproduction in the city of São Paulo, the assembly team performs the last dress rehearsal. But, mysteriously, the four leading actresses are poisoned. Now, the police will investigate each person related to the play to find out who caused the tragedy.

Night of the Female

1976

Bahia of All Saints poster
4.3

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. Outlaw Tonio is involved in a conflict between strikers and the police. His mistress tries to keep him from his companions, but he steals her belongings to help the persecuted. Dissatisfied, she denounces him, compromising him politically.

Bahia of All Saints

1961

Cocky poster
5.2

Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering the boy's hidden (and big) qualities...

Cocky

1978

Reformatory of the Depraved poster
4.8

The German Frau Gelli runs a school aimed at girls from wealthy families who presented problems of social behavior and challenge the established principles. In order to educate the young, Frau Gelli imposes an iron discipline, in which is assisted by two betels, Kranz and Hanz, individuals of abrupt manners that are dedicated to punish the girls. The director cares little for the cultural education given by teachers Renina and Raul, morally weak to challenge the brutality to which the girls are subjected. They use the servant Girico to get them men on the street. The punishments against the young women reach unbearable levels and many try to flee without success until Solange, the most revolted of the students, after being very punished, plans and kills Frau Gelli and the two bears. The police are called and she is arrested. His colleagues are finally released and the school is closed.

Reformatory of the Depraved

1978

A Pensão de D. Estela poster
9.0

The story takes place in a boarding house, on the verge of bankruptcy, where the most different characters parade: a solitary woman, a womanizer singer, a musical group, an unemployed doctor, a football player and a radio singer, and where everyone gets involved to pay the mortgage that threatened the pension.

A Pensão de D. Estela

1956

The Woman Who Invented Love poster
6.1

Doralice is a simple minded woman romantically fascinated by marriage. However, when she is raped by a butcher, a friend advises her to become a prostitute - and she does it. After that, all her wishes and longings will curl up into a fascinating vortex.

The Woman Who Invented Love

1980

Cada um Dá o Que Tem poster
4.7

Comedy anthology in three segments, each one involving beautiful and uninhibited women.

Cada um Dá o Que Tem

1975

Palace of Venus poster
5.6

To satisfy her costumers, an owner of a luxurious bordello does whatever it takes. but the place’s efficiency is threatened when the most desirable of its ladies decides to quit. The owner set a diabolical plot to keep the girl working.

Palace of Venus

1981

O Sexualista poster
9.0

Fábio, a mediocre and broke writer, is evicted for unpaid rent and even ends up in jail after a police raid on a brothel. His life changes when he unexpectedly inherits the fortune of his wealthy uncle Casemiro — only for the old man to recover soon after. Suddenly wealthy, Fábio dives into high-society parties while trying to finish a “dictionary of sex” and turn his new lifestyle into personal and sexual success. He reconnects with his former lover Gina, who introduces him to Candy, a glamorous nightclub performer who becomes central to his fantasies and ambitions. As scandals unfold and secrets come to light — including Candy’s identity as a travesti — Fábio becomes trapped between desire, money, social appearances and his own insecurities, forcing him to confront what he really wants from life.

O Sexualista

1977

I Married a Xavante poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Married a Xavante

1958

Uma Pulga na Balança poster
9.0

Swindler in jail devises a scheme to blackmail the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about their dead relatives' lives.

Uma Pulga na Balança

1953

Strange Encounter poster
7.7

Marcos finds Julia on a barren road and offers her shelter in a mansion belonging to his mistress. He discovers that she is running away from a psychotic husband and falls madly in love with her. When the caretaker of the mansion discovers a ransom is being offered to whoever finds the young woman, he tells her whereabouts to the husband, who ruthlessly pursues the pair.

Strange Encounter

1958

Lonesome Women poster
9.0

In a desolate area of Brazilian mountainside, cut off from civilization, an old miner discovers a king-size diamond that he puts in his pocket rather than turn over to the thugs he works for.

Lonesome Women

1959