
Directing
Alfredo Sternheim
Born — Died
1942-07-31 — 2018-12-06
Place of birth
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Known for
Directing
Credits
46 titles
Known for
8.5A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.
Mazzaropi
2013
9.0Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda.
Pureza Proibida
1975
8.0The ghosts of Boca do Lixo. Ido Oliveira still walks through Triumpho St.
Aquela Rua Tão Triumpho
2016
3.0No synopsis available yet.
Amor de Perversão
1982
6.3Recently arrived from Recife, bachelor Paulo goes to a party in Rio de Janeiro and there he meets Lucíola, with whom he falls in love. Despite his friend Sá having announced that Lucíola is a prostitute, Paulo begins to experience great love with her, but cannot avoid being jealous.
Lucíola - O Anjo Pecador
1975
NRInvestigation into the seven years that followed the closure of Companhia Vera Cruz, in 1955, which marked a period of crisis for national film production in Brazil.
A Batalha dos Sete Anos
1968
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
8.5A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.
Mazzaropi
2013
8.0The ghosts of Boca do Lixo. Ido Oliveira still walks through Triumpho St.
Aquela Rua Tão Triumpho
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Antonio Meliande: Pau pra Toda Obra
2011
Behind the camera
9.0Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda.
Pureza Proibida
1975
9.0Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda.
Pureza Proibida
1975
3.0No synopsis available yet.
Amor de Perversão
1982
3.0No synopsis available yet.
Amor de Perversão
1982
6.3Recently arrived from Recife, bachelor Paulo goes to a party in Rio de Janeiro and there he meets Lucíola, with whom he falls in love. Despite his friend Sá having announced that Lucíola is a prostitute, Paulo begins to experience great love with her, but cannot avoid being jealous.
Lucíola - O Anjo Pecador
1975
6.3Recently arrived from Recife, bachelor Paulo goes to a party in Rio de Janeiro and there he meets Lucíola, with whom he falls in love. Despite his friend Sá having announced that Lucíola is a prostitute, Paulo begins to experience great love with her, but cannot avoid being jealous.
Lucíola - O Anjo Pecador
1975
NRInvestigation into the seven years that followed the closure of Companhia Vera Cruz, in 1955, which marked a period of crisis for national film production in Brazil.
A Batalha dos Sete Anos
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Corpos Quentes
1988
5.0Armando, a single high-school teacher living a steady life, sees his world crumbles when he falls in love with Laura, the ex-girlfriend of one of his favorite students.
Anjo Loiro
1973
5.0Three criminals escape from prison and break in a seaside house to wait for the getaway boat. They subdue four aspirant actresses and three men and rape and torture them. One of the escapees is an idealistic political prisoner that falls in love with Letícia. When the violent Jorge kills a woman camped on the beach, the police investigate the area.
Violence and Flesh
1981
5.0Three criminals escape from prison and break in a seaside house to wait for the getaway boat. They subdue four aspirant actresses and three men and rape and torture them. One of the escapees is an idealistic political prisoner that falls in love with Letícia. When the violent Jorge kills a woman camped on the beach, the police investigate the area.
Violence and Flesh
1981
4.6Four people--Eliana, an adult movie actress who is pestered by a psychotic fan; Ester, a young woman who became pregnant with a village boy; Danilo, a failed deputy who is in love with a hotel maid much younger than him, and his unfaithful ex-wife, Elza--all end up in a small inner-city hotel.
Breezes of Love
1982
4.6Four people--Eliana, an adult movie actress who is pestered by a psychotic fan; Ester, a young woman who became pregnant with a village boy; Danilo, a failed deputy who is in love with a hotel maid much younger than him, and his unfaithful ex-wife, Elza--all end up in a small inner-city hotel.
Breezes of Love
1982
10.0An anthology film (eight shorts) honoring the Boca do Lixo ("Mouth of Garbage") film production in the downtown area of São Paulo, Brazil.
Memórias da Boca
2015
7.0No synopsis available yet.
As Prostitutas do Dr. Alberto
1981
7.0No synopsis available yet.
As Prostitutas do Dr. Alberto
1981
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Sacanagem
1983
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Paixão na Praia
1971
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Paixão na Praia
1971
4.5No synopsis available yet.
A Herança dos Devassos
1979
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Mulher Desejada
1978
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Mulher Desejada
1978
No synopsis available yet.
Noturno
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Alberto Cavalcanti
1970
5.4A farm worker, after seducing the boss's daughter, flees to São Paulo. Naive, he is faced with a new world made of love, free sex and vested interests.
Corpo Devasso
1980
5.4A farm worker, after seducing the boss's daughter, flees to São Paulo. Naive, he is faced with a new world made of love, free sex and vested interests.
Corpo Devasso
1980
4.3No synopsis available yet.
Tension and Desire
1983
NRDangerous bandit falls in love with high school. He tries to declare himself, but she refuses his harassment. To get revenge, he convinces his fellow gang members to break into the girl's family apartment, with the intention of raping her.
Comando Explícito
1986
7.0Lauro, a future middle-class lawyer, is about to marry Leonora, a millionaire president of an industry. Capricious, used to bossing around, she actually sees him more as an object of sexual fulfillment than as a future beloved husband. A few days before the wedding, Lauro feels insecure, confused. And the situation gets complicated after he meets, casually, on a street in the Liberdade neighborhood in São Paulo, the young Yoko. Cheerful and sensual, with her observations, she makes a strong impression on him. And later both realize the strong communication that exists between them. Lauro ends up falling in love with her, maintaining a parallel romance. His bachelor party turns into an orgy with the presence of transvestites. After several existential crises, when he almost puts his romance with Leonora to ruin, he marries.
Borboletas e Garanhões
1985
7.0In a country house, the psychiatrist Daniel, always assisted by his wife and an attendant, starts to treat two new patients. One is Mirian, a middle-class young woman, who arrives there taken by her ex-boyfriend because she is emotionally and erotic out of control after the breakup. The other is Jessica, a transvestite, in existential conflict and distressed by the intense erotic life she is leading.
Sex of Abnormals
1984
10.0Ana and Dora organize a “party” at the family's farm. Ana goes through a difficult phase after breaking up with her unfaithful boyfriend Dino, an actor who always returns from “rehearsals” at four in the morning and tries to clear his head at the time. Dora is an insatiable girl who likes lively parties. The guests arrive and the bacchanal begins, but without the participation of Ana, who is not as enthusiastic about collective sex as her friend and prefers to enjoy her cesspool in the quiet garden. Then, here's Mauro, an ex-priest who is Dora's cousin and who appears at the farm to rethink his own religious life at a time of vocational crisis.
Fêmeas que Topam Tudo
1987
NRMiriam is being buried under the gaze of her husband Tato, friends and mother. This accuses the son-in-law of not having been a good husband; if it had been, Miriam wouldn't have died in a motel with another. But, according to friends Tônia and Tom, the deceased was experiencing a strong nymphomania crisis, hence taking advantage of her husband's absences, who, as a doctor, worked at night at the hospital. Tact finds it hard to conform to what happened. At the same time, Tônia reveals herself sick of her marriage to the voyeur Raul, while the transvestite Jessica, also separated from her husband Roberto, misses the time when she was Zezinho, when she had relations with the peasant Celso. One by one, everyone recalls passages from their lives and the reasons why Miriam would have died.
Sexo Livre
1985
NRMiriam is being buried under the gaze of her husband Tato, friends and mother. This accuses the son-in-law of not having been a good husband; if it had been, Miriam wouldn't have died in a motel with another. But, according to friends Tônia and Tom, the deceased was experiencing a strong nymphomania crisis, hence taking advantage of her husband's absences, who, as a doctor, worked at night at the hospital. Tact finds it hard to conform to what happened. At the same time, Tônia reveals herself sick of her marriage to the voyeur Raul, while the transvestite Jessica, also separated from her husband Roberto, misses the time when she was Zezinho, when she had relations with the peasant Celso. One by one, everyone recalls passages from their lives and the reasons why Miriam would have died.
Sexo Livre
1985
NRUpon leaving the prison where he served his sentence, João is received by his brother Mário. Affectionately, he does everything to make João forget his obsessive love for his ex-wife Alice. And he gives you money to unwind, look for women. However, the first attempt is traumatizing. One night, Mário takes João to a nightclub where they watch a beautiful 'strip-tease' by Paula. She is introduced to João and the two become fond. Despite his brother's contrary advice, João takes her to the country house where he lived with his wife Alice. And after yet another romantic failure, he tells Paula the reasons that led to his arrest.
Orgasmo Louco
1987
NRFamily gets involved with a new resident of a building, who loves classical music.
Orgia Familiar
1986
5.5A small film crew goes to a farm where they intend to shoot a new erotic and explicit production, under the direction of filmmaker Linhares. But each interpreter has a problem...
Sex Variations
1984
7.0Stela is a young woman with a strong and excessive intellectual training. But, despite her rationalism, she manages to maintain a good love relationship with Luiz, which is the opposite of her: superficial, playful and without any erudition, despite being the son of a prosperous and well-known politician in the economic area.
Group Sex
1984
6.5A caretaker's passion for his bosses' niece.
Sexo em Festa
1986
5.4The spoiled daughter of a congressman is deeply attracted to a porn actor. She simulates a university research to kidnap him and does so, imprisoning him in a country house.
Insane Sex
1986
NRDr. Dionízo is a bastard psychologist who is doing research for the University of Lesbos on the condition of the erotic actress in Brazil. In his clinic, a large house that has been the setting for several porn movies, he interviews Sandra Midori.
Garotas Sacanas
1988



