
Acting
Grande Otelo
Born 1915-10-18 · Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.
Acting credits
7.6Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
Fitzcarraldo
1982
4.9Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.
Getúlio Vargas
1974
No synopsis available yet.
Moleque Tião
1943
7.0A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.
Três Vagabundos
1952
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943
7.8Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the wheel of his car when passing by a woman who walks by the roadside. Strongly painted lips, printed dress with round skirt and red shoes matching the color of the lipstick, she catches his attention. He gives her a ride, the two of them stare in silence for a few moments. They introduce themselves to one another and between the two establishes an absurd dialogue and full of metaphors. And they are driving around in corners of Rio de Janeiro, to the sound of Noel Rosa and Lamartine Babo. Eva and Antena, she a seer, he, an assassin on the run, initiate an unusual case of love, a marginal love, where boredom often gives way to tragedy, creating the agony of a holiday spent in an abyss.
The Agony
1976
9.0The Companhia de Esquetches Musicados do Teatro 'Brasil' is in crisis. After the debut of a new play failed, impresario Artur Fernandes, despite protests from Nini del Mar—the company's star—decides to hire Vitorino, the only writer who understands the audience's tastes and the company's artistic capabilities, to write the next play.
Blue Sky
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Troca de Cabeça
1991
9.0In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. Gangsters are fighting in a bar and the workers end up getting into the fray.
O Caçula do Barulho
1949
9.0João Ninguém is a humble composer who made the waltz "Sonhos Azuis" as a gift to his girlfriend on her birthday. To give it to her, he asked for help from a friend, but on the way, an accident happens and puts at risk not only the relationship, but also João's life and career.
João Ninguém
1936
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Mulheres à Vista
1959
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
1975
NRA documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the carnivals of 1981 and 1982, interviewing several residents who tell the story of more than half a century of the favela's existence and emphasizing its community importance and cultural, to the sound of the most beautiful sambas composed on Mangueira.
Fala Mangueira!
1983
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
8.1No synopsis available yet.
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
7.0A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.
Barnabé, You Are Mine
1952
4.5No synopsis available yet.
Mujeres de fuego
1958
8.0Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get even.
O Flagrante
1976
6.9Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
Macunaima
1969
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Ladrão de Bagdá
1976
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Paixão nas Selvas
1954
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Noites Cariocas
1935
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Katharsys
2022
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954