Acting
Mário Lago
Born November 26, 1911 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died May 30, 2002 · aged 90
Mário Lago OMC (Rio de Janeiro, November 26, 1911 — Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 2002) was a Brazilian lawyer, poet, radio host, composer, writer and actor. Author of popular sambas such as "Ai! que saudade da Amélia" and "Atire a Primeira Pedra", both in partnership with Ataulfo Alves, he became popular between the 1940s and 1950s.
Known For
Desesperato · 1968Desesperato
★ 7.01968
MovieDrama
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerrilla force with serious consequences.
História de Um Crápula · 1965História de Um Crápula
★ 9.01965
MovieCrimeDrama
Mulheres, Cheguei! · 1959Mulheres, Cheguei!
★ 7.01959
MovieComedy
Idolatrada · 1983Idolatrada
★ 7.01983
MovieDrama
Luís celebrates his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Alice. After the party, when the couple recalls some of the moments they built, he reveals a secret: he had a great passion in the past.
Entranced Earth · 1967Entranced Earth
★ 7.21967
MovieDrama
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Cupim · 1959Cupim
★ 9.01959
MovieComedy
Tristão dos Prazeres is a television consultor who is very popular amongst married women. In his show, he defends his theory that jealousy is a small feeling, a "termite" that destroys relationships. However, once he suspects his wife to be cheating on him, he gets enraged and sends his butler to investigate.
On Borrowed Time · 1968On Borrowed Time
★ 6.81968
MovieDramaCrime
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
The Shadow of Another · 1950The Shadow of Another
★ 8.01950
MovieCrimeDrama
A drama about double personality
Movies
Desesperato · 1968Desesperato
★ 7.01968
MovieDrama
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerrilla force with serious consequences.
História de Um Crápula · 1965História de Um Crápula
★ 9.01965
MovieCrimeDrama
Mulheres, Cheguei! · 1959Mulheres, Cheguei!
★ 7.01959
MovieComedy
Idolatrada · 1983Idolatrada
★ 7.01983
MovieDrama
Luís celebrates his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Alice. After the party, when the couple recalls some of the moments they built, he reveals a secret: he had a great passion in the past.
Entranced Earth · 1967Entranced Earth
★ 7.21967
MovieDrama
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Cupim · 1959Cupim
★ 9.01959
MovieComedy
Tristão dos Prazeres is a television consultor who is very popular amongst married women. In his show, he defends his theory that jealousy is a small feeling, a "termite" that destroys relationships. However, once he suspects his wife to be cheating on him, he gets enraged and sends his butler to investigate.
On Borrowed Time · 1968On Borrowed Time
★ 6.81968
MovieDramaCrime
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
The Shadow of Another · 1950The Shadow of Another
★ 8.01950
MovieCrimeDrama
A drama about double personality
Assassinato em Copacabana · 1962Assassinato em Copacabana
★ 9.01962
MovieCrimeDrama
Papai Fanfarrão · 1956Papai Fanfarrão
★ 8.01956
MovieComedy
Banana-da-Terra · 1939Banana-da-Terra
★ 9.01939
MovieComedyMusic
A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio, where she falls in love with a member of Carmen Miranda's backing ensemble, 'Bando da Lua'.
Balada dos Infiéis · 1970Balada dos Infiéis
★ 9.51970
MovieDrama
The vacationers staying at the Barreiro Hotel in Araxá accompany the coffin of magnate Medeiros de Alcântara to the plane. Then they return to the hotel... At the beginning of the hydrotherapy season, Eduardo and Lúcia Feitosa, a wealthy couple from São Paulo, banker Belmiro and his wife, three spinster friends, Fátima, Teresa, and Belinha, Gen. Solon de Fuentes, the deposed former president of a South American country, writer Fernando Cavalcanti, banker Medeiros de Alcântara, and his wife arrive. In the hotel's halls and park, conventional life prevails, but it is in their rooms that the characters reveal their sexual and political dispositions.
Saint Bernard · 1972Saint Bernard
★ 7.31972
MovieDrama
The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.
The Brave Warrior · 1968The Brave Warrior
★ 6.51968
MovieDrama
Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power, seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process.
Incredible, Fantastic, Extraordinary · 1969Incredible, Fantastic, Extraordinary
★ 9.01969
MovieHorrorComedy
Based on a radio show that was broadcast for 11 years (1947-1958) and ended only when the host and creator, the genius Henrique Foreis "Almirante" Domingues, had a stroke. There were hundreds of horror stories, supposedly true, sent by listeners from all corners of the country, radiophoned and broadcast by Rádio Tupi in Rio de Janeiro. It became a book in 1951 (reissued in 1984), a film in 1969 and a TV show in 1994-1995, broadcast by the extinct Rede Manchete.
Na Onda do Iê-Iê-Iê · 1966Na Onda do Iê-Iê-Iê
★ 6.41966
MovieComedyMusic
César wants to be a singer and, with the help of his friends Maloca and Didi, seeks an opportunity on television talent shows. When he performs on Chacrinha's show, he wins all the night's prizes and wins the affection of a young woman from a wealthy family who is dating a con man who steals cars. Realizing the girl has a crush on the singer, the con man sets a trap to get César out of the game.
The Heirs · 1970The Heirs
★ 6.41970
MovieDrama
Jorge, an ambitious journalist, marries into money and betrays colleagues to become a powerful politician during political turmoil in 1946 Brazil.
Se Segura, Malandro! · 1978Se Segura, Malandro!
★ 4.51978
MovieComedy
Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave.
The Priest and the Girl · 1966The Priest and the Girl
★ 7.01966
MovieRomanceDrama
In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
MPB Especial: Mário Lago · 1973MPB Especial: Mário Lago
1973
MovieMusic
Mario Lago performing at TV Cultura in 1973.
Cuidado! Espião Brasileiro em Ação! · 1966Cuidado! Espião Brasileiro em Ação!
★ 9.81966
MovieComedyThriller
Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite · 1969Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite
★ 10.01969
MovieCrime
Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.
Uma Luz na Estrada · 1948Uma Luz na Estrada
★ 10.01948
MovieAdventure
An adventure film...
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho · 2022Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
★ 8.42022
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.
TV Shows
Hilda Hurricane · 1998Hilda Hurricane
★ 8.01998
SeriesDrama
After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.
Chico Anysio Show · 1982Chico Anysio Show
★ 9.01982
SeriesComedy
Brava Gente · 2000Brava Gente
★ 8.32000
SeriesComedyDrama
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Rosa Rebelde · 1969Rosa Rebelde
1969
SeriesDrama
The Trapalhões · 1977The Trapalhões
★ 8.01977
SeriesComedy
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999.
On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
Dance with Me · 1981Dance with Me
★ 6.81981
SeriesDrama
Quinzinho and João Victor are identical twins separated at birth, unaware of each other's existence. The brothers eventually draw closer, guided by their instincts.
Selva de Pedra · 1972Selva de Pedra
★ 9.11972
SeriesDrama
Amidst an unresolved crime, Simone protects Cristiano and falls in love with him. However, the couple faces ambition and betrayals that tear them apart. Presumed dead, she returns under a new identity seeking revenge.
Vamp · 1991Vamp
★ 8.11991
SeriesComedy
After making a Faustian bargain with a vampire for fame, a regretful young singer must find a sacred, lost artifact that might revert the curse.
Força de um Desejo · 1999Força de um Desejo
★ 8.21999
SeriesDrama
Set 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.
Rainha da Sucata · 1990Rainha da Sucata
★ 7.81990
SeriesDrama
Maria do Carmo becomes wealthy through her father's business dealings and becomes a successful businesswoman, but she retains the habits of her humble past.
Escalada · 1975Escalada
★ 8.01975
SeriesDrama
Barriga de Aluguel · 1990Barriga de Aluguel
★ 7.71990
SeriesDrama
Ana and Zeca have a happy marriage, but they can't have children. To fulfill their dream, the couple hires the young Clara as a surrogate mother, which leads them into a legal dispute.
Four Lives, Four Loves · 1994Four Lives, Four Loves
★ 7.51994
SeriesComedy
A traffic accident causes four women's destinies to intertwine. In the series, the four enter a pact of revenge against the men who hit them and caused them to suffer. Auxiliadora struggled to help her husband Alcebíades prosper, but when he leaves her for a younger woman, is thrown out of the house. The shy Tatiana was engaged to Fortunato, who failed to show up at their wedding. The Babalu hurricane caught mechanic Raí in bed with another woman. Abigail, a preppy psychologist who is struggling in a failing marriage, decides superficially to continue it but revolts against her husband, Gustavo, who humiliates her in public at a congress. Gustavo has custody of Ângela, a girl who longs to know her true father, Bruno. Her mother died in the childbirth, traumatizing him.
Guerra dos Sexos · 1983Guerra dos Sexos
★ 8.61983
SeriesComedy
Cousins Charlô and Otávio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.
O Casarão · 1976O Casarão
★ 6.71976
SeriesDrama
Mad Love · 1983Mad Love
★ 7.01983
SeriesDrama
Minha Doce Namorada · 1971Minha Doce Namorada
★ 9.01971
SeriesDrama
Patricia, an orphan living in a traveling amusement park, believes the stars will bring her happiness. One day, an astrologer predicts the impossible: the young woman, an Aquarius, will fall in love with a Pisces boy, a sign initially incompatible with hers. The girl does, in fact, become enchanted by the wealthy student Renato, but he doesn't feel the same way. Patricia travels to Rio de Janeiro, where she befriends a gentleman whom she affectionately calls Mr. Pepe, unaware that he is Renato's great-uncle and the owner of the company where she begins working. Mr. Pepe discovers fraudulent activities committed by his family and decides to fake his death to observe the dispute over his inheritance.
Cambalacho · 1986Cambalacho
★ 8.41986
SeriesComedy
The story follows the lives of Naná and Gegê, a pair of con artists. Gegê is the uncle of Tina Pepper, a Tina Turner fan who dreams of becoming a famous singer.
O Bem-Amado · 1973O Bem-Amado
★ 9.11973
SeriesComedy
O Bem-Amado is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte, written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela. It was shot in Rio de Janeiro. Broadcast by Rede Globo between January 22 and October 3, 1973.
Os Gigantes · 1979Os Gigantes
★ 8.01979
SeriesDrama
Plumas & Paetês · 1980Plumas & Paetês
★ 7.01980
SeriesDrama
After an accident, Marcela arrives in São Paulo and decides to assume a new identity. Torn between love, she plunges into a world that is not her own.
Caso Especial · 1971Caso Especial
★ 6.01971
SeriesDramaCrime
O Salvador da Pátria · 1989O Salvador da Pátria
★ 7.91989
SeriesDrama
Sassá Mutema is a farm laborer who becomes the target of the city's powerful figures' cruelty. With Clotilde's support, he discovers that it's possible to start a new life alongside a great love.
Elas por Elas · 1982Elas por Elas
★ 8.21982
SeriesComedy
Seven high school friends reunite after 20 years. Memories of the past and coincidences of the present reveal the secrets and affections that bind the women and their families.