
Production
Adhemar Gonzaga
Born — Died
1901-08-26 — 1978-01-29
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for
Production
Credits
50 titles
Adhemar Gonzaga (26 August 1901 – 29 January 1978) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He worked as a journalist for the film magazine Cinearte (1926–1942) which advocated the creation of a more professional, commercial film industry in Brazil. (Wikipedia)
Known for
NRAn Argentine man at odds with his fiancée travels to Rio de Janeiro to meet her. Upon arrival, however, he becomes distracted from their quarrels, captivated by the city's tropical atmosphere.
Carioca Maravilhosa
1936
8.0A german adventurer leads an expedition to the Serra dos Martírios, in search of gold.
Aruanã
1938
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Obrigado, Doutor
1948
8.0The story evolves around four women. The two lead characters, Vera and Gilda, middle-class women, are poor but ambitious. They face the bourgeois characters, Helena and Diva.
Human Clay
1929
9.8The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write.
Romance Proibido
1944
5.2A good-hearted man, betrayed by his wife and friends, fakes his death and takes up a new identity, as a nameless, wandering drunkard.
The Drunkard
1946
Film credits
1960s · 1 titles
1930s · 5 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
9.0A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse for the exhibition of the musical numbers of the greatest Brazilian Radio artists.
Hello, Hello, Brazil!
1935
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
7.0A poor woman passes herself as singer that just arrives from Frances and becames a sensation on Rio de Janeiro's high society.
Bonequinha de Seda
1936
7.0A Russian refugee comes to Brazil and marries a hard-working, honest man who loves her passionately. Suddenly, her husband inherits a vast fortune, and she finds herself rich, with beautiful jewelry and admirers. Until one day, her husband discovers that she's cheating on him and murders her.
Honor and Jealousy
1933
1920s · 3 titles
8.0The story evolves around four women. The two lead characters, Vera and Gilda, middle-class women, are poor but ambitious. They face the bourgeois characters, Helena and Diva.
Human Clay
1929
NRThis film is about the humiliating work conditions and exploitation endured by many Latin American actors, filmmakers and writers in Hollywood.
Hunger
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
Behind the camera
NRAn Argentine man at odds with his fiancée travels to Rio de Janeiro to meet her. Upon arrival, however, he becomes distracted from their quarrels, captivated by the city's tropical atmosphere.
Carioca Maravilhosa
1936
8.0A german adventurer leads an expedition to the Serra dos Martírios, in search of gold.
Aruanã
1938
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Obrigado, Doutor
1948
8.0The story evolves around four women. The two lead characters, Vera and Gilda, middle-class women, are poor but ambitious. They face the bourgeois characters, Helena and Diva.
Human Clay
1929
8.0The story evolves around four women. The two lead characters, Vera and Gilda, middle-class women, are poor but ambitious. They face the bourgeois characters, Helena and Diva.
Human Clay
1929
9.8The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write.
Romance Proibido
1944
9.8The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write.
Romance Proibido
1944
9.8The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write.
Romance Proibido
1944
5.2A good-hearted man, betrayed by his wife and friends, fakes his death and takes up a new identity, as a nameless, wandering drunkard.
The Drunkard
1946
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
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
5.8An unlucky woman checks in a hotel pretending to be a French baroness so she can have 24 hours of dream before comitting suicide.
24 Hours of Dream
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Voz do Carnaval
1933
8.0No synopsis available yet.
O Dia é Nosso
1941
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Pif-Paf
1945
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Pif-Paf
1945
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Pif-Paf
1945
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Pureza
1940
5.3No synopsis available yet.
O Cortiço
1945
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Caídos do Céu
1946
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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Carnival in A Major
1955
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Carnival in A Major
1955
NRDocumentary about the capital of Maranhão.
São Luís
1974
NRAn ordinary thief and two accomplices invade a mansion whose owners traveled to Buenos Aires. They settle there with the whole family, until the real owners return. The owner's natural son saves the thief's situation when he threatens to reveal some compromising documents.
O Samba da Vida
1937
10.0Luizinho is a young man passionate about Flamengo, fortunate enough to have his education paid for by the club, and plays in the team's lower divisions. A pupil of Rubens, the two compete for a spot on the professional team. Until Rubens introduces his friend to the woman he's in love with, Maria Helena. The problem is that she was Luizinho's childhood sweetheart, and the encounter rekindles their passion. A conflict begins between the two players that will be decided on the field.
Alma e Corpo de uma Raça
1938
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Black Diamonds
1941
10.0Three couples, two already living in Rio; and the third, with 'the one who hates carnival', coming to visit an aunt. One of the women bets that all husbands are unfaithful. They send invitations to their husbands to the carnival ball. They find a pretext to be able to attend. They, in turn, go in disguise, just like the maid. Hence the confusion at the ball, each one dating the other's wife.
Tererê Não Resolve
1938
9.0A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse for the exhibition of the musical numbers of the greatest Brazilian Radio artists.
Hello, Hello, Brazil!
1935
7.2A young woman from the countryside comes to Rio to try to be a theater star with the support of a friend, but to achieve what she wants, she ends up getting her own mother into trouble.
A Stolen Kiss
1950
10.0Badly advised by a high-class friend (who covets her husband) and by her scatterbrained father (always preoccupied with making cocktails), singer Noêmia forces her husband to abandon suburban life for the noisy 'big life' of Copacabana.
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
1939
6.1Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936
6.1Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936
6.1Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Berlim na Batucada
1944
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Berlim na Batucada
1944
10.0Nini dreams of a doll that resembles a queen living in a toy store window. Although now, first of all, it is necessary to think about paying the rent.
Pinguinho de Gente
1949
6.0A pampered girl decides to marry in a different way: buying a husband.
Maridinho de Luxo
1938
8.0In a séance, Menezes' great-great-grandfather is brought back to life in present day (1936), over a century after his death at age 26. A free-spirited womanizer, he starts causing all sorts of trouble for the wealthy, respectable family of his descendants.
The Young Great-Great-Grandfather
1936
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Loucos por Música
1945


