Sylvio Back

Directing

Sylvio Back

Born

1937-07-22 (89)

Place of birth

Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Sylvio Carlos Back (Blumenau, July 22, 1937) is a Brazilian filmmaker, poet, screenwriter, writer, journalist and producer.

Known for

Lance Maior poster
4.9

University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.

Lance Maior

1968

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival poster
5.0

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

2020

The War of Pelados poster
5.8

In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados.

The War of Pelados

1970

Hallelujah Gretchen poster
5.0

A German family moves to a small town in the interior of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and buys a hotel there, which soon becomes sort of a meeting point for Nazi sympathizers.

Hallelujah Gretchen

1976

Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet poster
10.0

Poet Cruz e Souza was a black man, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where the majority of the population are blonde. He was also poor and fell a prey to the racism of his time. Died young, at 37, and dragged the great love of his life, Gavíria, into a path of great suffering.

Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet

1999

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção poster
10.0

The film documents extensive forest fires in Brazilian reserves, violent destruction, and irrational deforestation associated with a lack of ecological awareness.

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção

1981

Film credits

Behind the camera

Lance Maior poster
4.9

University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.

Lance Maior

1968

Lance Maior poster
4.9

University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.

Lance Maior

1968

Lance Maior poster
4.9

University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.

Lance Maior

1968

The War of Pelados poster
5.8

In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados.

The War of Pelados

1970

Hallelujah Gretchen poster
5.0

A German family moves to a small town in the interior of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and buys a hotel there, which soon becomes sort of a meeting point for Nazi sympathizers.

Hallelujah Gretchen

1976

Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet poster
10.0

Poet Cruz e Souza was a black man, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where the majority of the population are blonde. He was also poor and fell a prey to the racism of his time. Died young, at 37, and dragged the great love of his life, Gavíria, into a path of great suffering.

Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet

1999

Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet poster
10.0

Poet Cruz e Souza was a black man, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where the majority of the population are blonde. He was also poor and fell a prey to the racism of his time. Died young, at 37, and dragged the great love of his life, Gavíria, into a path of great suffering.

Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet

1999

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção poster
10.0

The film documents extensive forest fires in Brazilian reserves, violent destruction, and irrational deforestation associated with a lack of ecological awareness.

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção

1981

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção poster
10.0

The film documents extensive forest fires in Brazilian reserves, violent destruction, and irrational deforestation associated with a lack of ecological awareness.

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção

1981

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção poster
10.0

The film documents extensive forest fires in Brazilian reserves, violent destruction, and irrational deforestation associated with a lack of ecological awareness.

A Araucária: Memória em Extinção

1981

A Escala do Homem poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Escala do Homem

1982

A Escala do Homem poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Escala do Homem

1982

Sete Quedas poster
10.0

In 1979, an agreement between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina allowed for the exploitation of water resources from the stretch of the Paraná River, starting from Sete Quedas.

Sete Quedas

1980

Sete Quedas poster
10.0

In 1979, an agreement between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina allowed for the exploitation of water resources from the stretch of the Paraná River, starting from Sete Quedas.

Sete Quedas

1980

Sete Quedas poster
10.0

In 1979, an agreement between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina allowed for the exploitation of water resources from the stretch of the Paraná River, starting from Sete Quedas.

Sete Quedas

1980

Zweig: A Morte em Cena poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zweig: A Morte em Cena

1995

Zweig: A Morte em Cena poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zweig: A Morte em Cena

1995

Zweig: A Morte em Cena poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zweig: A Morte em Cena

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Babel da Luz

1992

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Babel da Luz

1992

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Babel da Luz

1992

Our Indians poster
6.0

Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how the film industry has seen and heard Brazilian indigenous peoples since they were filmed in 1912 for the first time: idealised and prejudiced, religious and militaristic, cruel and magic.

Our Indians

1995

Our Indians poster
6.0

Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how the film industry has seen and heard Brazilian indigenous peoples since they were filmed in 1912 for the first time: idealised and prejudiced, religious and militaristic, cruel and magic.

Our Indians

1995

Lost Zweig poster
NR

The life of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig in Brazil. He wrote the famous book "Brasil, País do Futuro" (Brazil, Country of the Future). He and his wife Lotte, in a mysterious death pact, decided to kill themselves in the week following 1942 Carnival, in Brazil.

Lost Zweig

2003

Lost Zweig poster
NR

The life of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig in Brazil. He wrote the famous book "Brasil, País do Futuro" (Brazil, Country of the Future). He and his wife Lotte, in a mysterious death pact, decided to kill themselves in the week following 1942 Carnival, in Brazil.

Lost Zweig

2003

Lost Zweig poster
NR

The life of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig in Brazil. He wrote the famous book "Brasil, País do Futuro" (Brazil, Country of the Future). He and his wife Lotte, in a mysterious death pact, decided to kill themselves in the week following 1942 Carnival, in Brazil.

Lost Zweig

2003

O Contestado - Restos Mortais poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Contestado - Restos Mortais

2012

O Contestado - Restos Mortais poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Contestado - Restos Mortais

2012

No artwork available
7.0

A documentary discussing Brazil's efforts of taking part on World War II by sending troops from the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) to Italy.

Rádio Auriverde

1990

No artwork available
7.0

A documentary discussing Brazil's efforts of taking part on World War II by sending troops from the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) to Italy.

Rádio Auriverde

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

As Moradas

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

As Moradas

1964

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Revolution of 30

1980

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Revolution of 30

1980

The Guarani Republic poster
8.2

Formed by Jesuit missions in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, between 1610 and 1767, it congregated about 150,000 indigenous people in almost fifty "reductions" (Jesuit cities). The Christian-Communist Republic of the Guaranis was decimated by attacks of expeditions and mercenaries and served as an excuse for the kings of Portugal and Spain to banish the Jesuits from America.

The Guarani Republic

1981

Life and Blood of a Polak poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Life and Blood of a Polak

1983

O auto-retrato de Bakun poster
8.0

Miguel Bakun's life and work, narrated by a medium in trance and by people who knew him. He is considered the greatest painter from Paraná, Brazil, and killed himself in 1963, at 54.

O auto-retrato de Bakun

1984

O auto-retrato de Bakun poster
8.0

Miguel Bakun's life and work, narrated by a medium in trance and by people who knew him. He is considered the greatest painter from Paraná, Brazil, and killed himself in 1963, at 54.

O auto-retrato de Bakun

1984

Brazil War: The Truth about The Paraguayan War poster
9.0

Between 1864 and 1870, South America was the scene of the biggest and bloodiest armed conflict of the century, known as the "Paraguay War," or "Big War," for Paraguayans. Mixing reality and fiction, the documentary discusses this "draft" of World War I, which involved Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, decimating around one million people.

Brazil War: The Truth about The Paraguayan War

1987

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Universo Graciliano

2014