
Acting
Lineu Dias
Born — Died
1927-10-05 — 2002-08-03
Place of birth
Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
22 titles
Linneu Moreira Dias (Sant'Ana do Livramento, October 5, 1927 — Rio de Janeiro, August 3, 2002) was a Brazilian actor, short story writer, poet, playwright and translator. He was married to actress Lilian Lemmertz and is the father of actress Julia Lemmertz.
Known for
8.0Set in the 19th century, the novel tells the story of an impossible romance. Inácio, a young man from a traditional family, falls in love with Esther, the owner of the most famous brothel in the Court.
Força de um Desejo
1999
No synopsis available yet.
Telerromance
1981
8.0Vladimir, Count Dracula, leaves Transylvania and comes to Brazil to reunite with his son Rafael. Because of the turmoil in Europe during World War I, Rafael, still a boy, was entrusted to his nanny, Ana, who fled with him. Having discovered his son's whereabouts, Vladimir is determined to rescue him and make him claim his inheritance. Of seemingly humble origins, Rafael has secretly courted Mariana, granddaughter of the powerful Dona Marta, matriarch of the Matos Lacerda family, who dominate the city, since childhood. Rafael is unaware of his father's existence. In his struggle to win his son, Vladimir faces opposition from Ana, who knows all his weaknesses. Upon arriving in Brazil, in addition to his son, Vladimir finds the woman of his dreams, exactly like the one he loved and lost in the past – none other than Mariana, Rafael's beloved. Vladimir believes Mariana is the reincarnation of the great love of his past.
Um Homem Muito Especial
1980
7.5Fernando, a writer experiencing a marital crisis, finds in Anita the inspiration he needs for his story, awakening desires and feelings that are difficult to control.
Presença de Anita
2001
7.0The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985
7.9A cowboy narrates his 'jagunço' life of disputes, revenges, loves and deaths, through the years that he traveled central-east Brazil, in the first decades of the 20th century, while federal troops were in conflict with provincial forces.
Grande Sertão: Veredas
1985
Film credits
1990s · 5 titles
5.2The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically engaged 30-year-old journalist. One morning, after a night of wild lovemaking, he notices a hole made by sauba ants in his fence. This simple fact raises accusations and discord between the two lovers.
A Fit of Rage
1999
NRDisagreements, incommunicability between people. What is said is not heard, what is heard is not understood. Everything is ambiguous. What appears to be is not, except poetry.
Eu Sei Que Você Sabe
1995
No synopsis available yet.
Oropa, França e Bahia
1999
3.9The film follows Manuel Maria du Bocage, 18th-century poet, as he travels through the world from orgy to orgy and from excess to excess.
Bocage, the Triumph of Love
1997
6.2In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
A Hora Mágica
1998
1980s · 5 titles
7.0The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985
7.910-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Pixote
1980
5.8Story of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom.
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
1980
6.2Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
1980
3.0Segment 1: "Impossible Weekend." Desperate to attract the attention of a sexy teacher, a young man steals an experimental aphrodisiac from the laboratory and mixes it into the teacher's lunch. The result exceeds all expectations. ******** Segment 2: "A Chained Hurricane." A humble clerk, tired of enduring the ridicule of colleagues and mistresses about his sexual failure, decides to end his life; just then, hidden reserves awaken in him. Segment 3: ******** "Brazilian Miracle." Scientists create a robot indistinguishable from a person in the image of a sexy girl. However, the program crashes and the robot leaves obedience and sets off on an independent journey.
Made in Brazil
1985
1970s · 2 titles
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
6.0Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lover of Beth, the young criminal realizes that he can enrich himself very and very fast.
O Marginal
1974
Series credits
8.0Set in the 19th century, the novel tells the story of an impossible romance. Inácio, a young man from a traditional family, falls in love with Esther, the owner of the most famous brothel in the Court.
Força de um Desejo
1999
No synopsis available yet.
Telerromance
1981
8.0Vladimir, Count Dracula, leaves Transylvania and comes to Brazil to reunite with his son Rafael. Because of the turmoil in Europe during World War I, Rafael, still a boy, was entrusted to his nanny, Ana, who fled with him. Having discovered his son's whereabouts, Vladimir is determined to rescue him and make him claim his inheritance. Of seemingly humble origins, Rafael has secretly courted Mariana, granddaughter of the powerful Dona Marta, matriarch of the Matos Lacerda family, who dominate the city, since childhood. Rafael is unaware of his father's existence. In his struggle to win his son, Vladimir faces opposition from Ana, who knows all his weaknesses. Upon arriving in Brazil, in addition to his son, Vladimir finds the woman of his dreams, exactly like the one he loved and lost in the past – none other than Mariana, Rafael's beloved. Vladimir believes Mariana is the reincarnation of the great love of his past.
Um Homem Muito Especial
1980
7.5Fernando, a writer experiencing a marital crisis, finds in Anita the inspiration he needs for his story, awakening desires and feelings that are difficult to control.
Presença de Anita
2001
7.9A cowboy narrates his 'jagunço' life of disputes, revenges, loves and deaths, through the years that he traveled central-east Brazil, in the first decades of the 20th century, while federal troops were in conflict with provincial forces.
Grande Sertão: Veredas
1985
No synopsis available yet.
O Grupo
1979
8.3The miniseries shows the transformations in the relationship and life of psychologist Valentina and poet Leandro, following the discovery of a terminal illness.
Moinhos de Vento
1983



