Grande Otelo

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

Fitzcarraldo poster
7.6

Fitzcarraldo 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

Getúlio Vargas poster
4.9

Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.

Getúlio Vargas

1974

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Moleque Tião

1943

Três Vagabundos poster
7.0

A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.

Três Vagabundos

1952

Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas

1943

The Agony poster
7.8

Cropped 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

Blue Sky poster
9.0

The 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

Troca de Cabeça poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Troca de Cabeça

1991

O Caçula do Barulho poster
9.0

In 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

João Ninguém poster
9.0

João 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

Mulheres à Vista poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Mulheres à Vista

1959

Aventuras d'um Detetive Português poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aventuras d'um Detetive Português

1975

Fala Mangueira! poster
NR

A 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

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

Assim Era a Atlântida poster
8.1

No synopsis available yet.

Assim Era a Atlântida

1975

Barnabé, You Are Mine poster
7.0

A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.

Barnabé, You Are Mine

1952

Mujeres de fuego poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Mujeres de fuego

1958

O Flagrante poster
8.0

Five 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

Macunaima poster
6.9

Born 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

Ladrão de Bagdá poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ladrão de Bagdá

1976

Paixão nas Selvas poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Paixão nas Selvas

1954

Noites Cariocas poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Noites Cariocas

1935

Katharsys poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Katharsys

2022

Malandros em Quarta Dimensão poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Malandros em Quarta Dimensão

1954