Adhemar Gonzaga

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

Film credits

1930s · 5 titles

Behind the camera

Carioca Maravilhosa poster
NR

An 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

Aruanã poster
8.0

A german adventurer leads an expedition to the Serra dos Martírios, in search of gold.

Aruanã

1938

Obrigado, Doutor poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Obrigado, Doutor

1948

Human Clay poster
8.0

The 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

Human Clay poster
8.0

The 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

Romance Proibido poster
9.8

The 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

Romance Proibido poster
9.8

The 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

Romance Proibido poster
9.8

The 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

The Drunkard poster
5.2

A 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

Woman poster
9.0

Carmen, 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

Woman poster
9.0

Carmen, 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

24 Hours of Dream poster
5.8

An 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

A Voz do Carnaval poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Voz do Carnaval

1933

O Dia é Nosso poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Dia é Nosso

1941

Pif-Paf poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pif-Paf

1945

Pif-Paf poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pif-Paf

1945

Pif-Paf poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pif-Paf

1945

Pureza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pureza

1940

O Cortiço poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

O Cortiço

1945

Caídos do Céu poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Caídos do Céu

1946

Rough Gang poster
6.8

A 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

Carnival in A Major poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carnival in A Major

1955

Carnival in A Major poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carnival in A Major

1955

São Luís poster
NR

Documentary about the capital of Maranhão.

São Luís

1974

O Samba da Vida poster
NR

An 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

Alma e Corpo de uma Raça poster
10.0

Luizinho 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

Black Diamonds poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Black Diamonds

1941

Tererê Não Resolve poster
10.0

Three 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

Hello, Hello, Brazil! poster
9.0

A 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

A Stolen Kiss poster
7.2

A 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

Onde Estás, Felicidade? poster
10.0

Badly 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

Alô Alô Carnaval poster
6.1

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.

Alô Alô Carnaval

1936

Alô Alô Carnaval poster
6.1

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.

Alô Alô Carnaval

1936

Alô Alô Carnaval poster
6.1

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.

Alô Alô Carnaval

1936

Berlim na Batucada poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Berlim na Batucada

1944

Berlim na Batucada poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Berlim na Batucada

1944

Pinguinho de Gente poster
10.0

Nini 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

Maridinho de Luxo poster
6.0

A pampered girl decides to marry in a different way: buying a husband.

Maridinho de Luxo

1938

The Young Great-Great-Grandfather poster
8.0

In 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

Loucos por Música poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Loucos por Música

1945