Acting

Dina Sfat

Born October 28, 1938 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Died March 20, 1989 · aged 50

Dina Sfat, stage name of Dina Kutner (São Paulo, October 28, 1938 — Rio de Janeiro, March 20, 1989), was a Brazilian actress, of Jewish origin. She made her film debut in 1966 in the film O Corpo Ardente; however, the consecration came with Três Histórias de Amor, chosen as 'female revelation' at the Cabo Frio Film Festival. Furthermore, she stood out in the film Os Deuses e os Mortos, securing th…

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Macunaima

Macunaima · 1969

MovieComedyFantasy

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.

Of Gods and the Undead

Of Gods and the Undead · 1970

Of Gods and the Undead

MovieDramaFantasy

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. His plan is to take the place of "Colonel" Santana, taking his wife and money. He starts a bloody conflict, in which many simple people and landowners die.

Eros, the God of Love

Eros, the God of Love · 1981

Eros, the God of Love

MovieDramaRomance

A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.

Edu, Coração de Ouro

Edu, Coração de Ouro · 1968

Edu, Coração de Ouro

A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had managed to make him fall in love, until he met with mysterious Tatiana.

Tensão no Rio

Tensão no Rio · 1984

MovieCrimeThriller

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time · 1968

On Borrowed Time

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.

A Culpa

A Culpa · 1972

MovieCrimeDrama

Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly inherit his wealth. They get the killing done, aided by Matilde's boyfriend Henrique, but after a while the three of them begin to recieve mysterious notes which suggest that their secret is in danger.

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier · 1990

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

MovieRomanceDrama

Orestes, a rich factory owner, falls for the beautiful Fulvia. They communicate using pigeons, to avoid being discovered by her husband.

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Macunaima

Macunaima · 1969

MovieComedyFantasy

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.

Ci

Of Gods and the Undead

Of Gods and the Undead · 1970

Of Gods and the Undead

MovieDramaFantasy

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. His plan is to take the place of "Colonel" Santana, taking his wife and money. He starts a bloody conflict, in which many simple people and landowners die.

Crazy Woman

Eros, the God of Love

Eros, the God of Love · 1981

Eros, the God of Love

MovieDramaRomance

A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.

Ana

Edu, Coração de Ouro

Edu, Coração de Ouro · 1968

Edu, Coração de Ouro

A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had managed to make him fall in love, until he met with mysterious Tatiana.

Tensão no Rio

Tensão no Rio · 1984

MovieCrimeThriller

Amante do Presidente

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time · 1968

On Borrowed Time

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.

Paula

A Culpa

A Culpa · 1972

MovieCrimeDrama

Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly inherit his wealth. They get the killing done, aided by Matilde's boyfriend Henrique, but after a while the three of them begin to recieve mysterious notes which suggest that their secret is in danger.

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier · 1990

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

MovieRomanceDrama

Orestes, a rich factory owner, falls for the beautiful Fulvia. They communicate using pigeons, to avoid being discovered by her husband.

Andrea

The Brazilwood Man

The Brazilwood Man · 1982

The Brazilwood Man

MovieComedyHistory

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.

Branca Clara

O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil

O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil · 1971

O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil

MovieComedyThriller

Successful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil.

Irene

Family Album

Family Album · 1981

MovieCrimeDrama

Follows the decadence of an incestuous oligarch family in a rural Brazilian household through the years during the early 20th century.

Senhorinha

Heart and Guts

Heart and Guts · 1982

MovieDramaComedy

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.

Renata

Tati, a Garota

Tati, a Garota · 1973

MovieDramaFamily

The seamstress Manuela, Tati's single mother, moves from the suburbs to Copacabana but faces severe financial difficulties. A friend of Manuela's sometimes fills in for Tati's father, giving the girl temporary happiness.

Associate Producer

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões · 1971

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões

MovieFantasyComedy

João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game.

Maria vai-com-as-outras

The Burning Body

The Burning Body · 1966

The Burning Body

Márcia discovers that her husband is having an affair and decides to take a trip out into an isolated part of Brazil with little human contact. There she finds a black stallion roaming the fields.

The Jew

The Jew · 1996

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.

Lourença Coutinho

Dina Sfat na União Soviética - Perestroika

Dina Sfat na União Soviética - Perestroika · 1988

Dina Sfat na União Soviética - Perestroika

MovieDocumentary

Garden of War

Garden of War · 1969

Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her film, but is arrested and meets a police torturer instead.

Perdidos e Malditos

Perdidos e Malditos · 1970

Perdidos e Malditos

MovieCrimeDrama

A criminal reporter and his guru-like friend go around together, but a crossroads will lead them to different ways.

Selva de Pedra

Selva de Pedra · 1972

SeriesDramaSoap

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.

Fernanda Arruda Campos

O Homem Que Deve Morrer

O Homem Que Deve Morrer · 1971

O Homem Que Deve Morrer

SeriesDramaSoap

Vanda Vidal

Os Gigantes

Os Gigantes · 1979

Paloma Gurgel

Bebê a Bordo

Bebê a Bordo · 1988

SeriesSoapDrama

In an action-packed plot set in São Paulo, Ana gives birth to a child in Tonico's car, but abandons the baby to escape the police after becoming involved in a robbery.

Laura Petraglia / Bárbara

O Astro

O Astro · 1977

SeriesSoapDrama

Herculano Quintanilha, after a failed coup and escape from prison, becomes a magician. He meets Márcio, a conflicted heir, and begins to influence his powerful family.

Amanda Mello Assumpção

Fogo Sobre Terra

Fogo Sobre Terra · 1974

Fogo Sobre Terra

The plot takes place in a fictional city called Vale do Café, where two powerful families, the Toledo and Fontes, are locked in an intense dispute for power and land ownership. Conflicts are marked by betrayals, forbidden loves and dark secrets. The soap opera addresses themes such as ambition, revenge, romance and conflicts between families, showing the fire that consumes the land and human relationships.

Francisca Peixoto Martins (Chica Martins)

Gabriela

Gabriela · 1975

SeriesDramaSoap

Risoleta Prado (Zarolha)

Verão Vermelho

Verão Vermelho · 1969

Verão Vermelho

SeriesDramaWestern

Adriana

Saramandaia

Saramandaia · 1976

SeriesComedySoap

Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters. The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents.

Risoleta

Assim na Terra Como no Céu

Assim na Terra Como no Céu · 1970

Assim na Terra Como no Céu

SeriesSoapDrama

Helô

Eu Prometo

Eu Prometo · 1983

SeriesSoapWar & Politics

Darlene Ribeiro Cantomaia

Chico Total

Chico Total · 1981

Vários Personagens

Os Ossos do Barão

Os Ossos do Barão · 1973

Os Ossos do Barão

SeriesSoapDrama

Isabel

Selva de Pedra

Selva de Pedra · 1975

SeriesSoapDrama

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.

Fernanda Arruda Campos

Avenida Paulista

Avenida Paulista · 1982

Avenida Paulista

SeriesCrimeDrama

The miniseries portrays the greed for money, power and prestige through the rise and fall of Alex Torres, a consequence of the schemes of the unscrupulous banker Frederico Scorza.

Paula Alencar

Caso Especial

Caso Especial · 1971

SeriesDramaCrime

Rabo de Saia

Rabo de Saia · 1984

The miniseries is set in the late 1920s and tells the story of traveling salesman Quequé, who maintains three families in different fictional cities in the Northeast. Eleuzinha, from Nova União, in Pernambuco, is her husband's inseparable companion, with whom she has four children: Iraíldes, Maninho, Laide and Lili. It is with Eleuzinha that Quequé feels at ease, exercising his more liberal side.

Eleuzina