Sylvio Back

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Sylvio Back

Born July 22, 1937 · Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil (age 89)

Sylvio Carlos Back (Blumenau, July 22, 1937) is a Brazilian filmmaker, poet, screenwriter, writer, journalist and producer.

Known For

Lance MaiorLance Maior · 1968
Lance Maior
4.91968
MovieDrama
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.
Sete QuedasSete Quedas · 1980
Sete Quedas
10.01980
MovieDocumentary
In 1979, an agreement between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina allowed for the exploitation of water resources from the stretch of the Paraná River, starting from Sete Quedas.
Hallelujah GretchenHallelujah Gretchen · 1976
Hallelujah Gretchen
5.01976
MovieDramaWar
A German family moves to a small town in the interior of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and buys a hotel there, which soon becomes sort of a meeting point for Nazi sympathizers.
The War of PeladosThe War of Pelados · 1970
The War of Pelados
5.81970
MovieHistoryDrama
In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados.
A Araucária: Memória em ExtinçãoA Araucária: Memória em Extinção · 1981
A Araucária: Memória em Extinção
10.01981
MovieDocumentary
The film documents extensive forest fires in Brazilian reserves, violent destruction, and irrational deforestation associated with a lack of ecological awareness.
A Escala do HomemA Escala do Homem · 1982
A Escala do Homem
1982
MovieDocumentary
The Guarani RepublicThe Guarani Republic · 1981
The Guarani Republic
8.31981
MovieDocumentary
Formed by Jesuit missions in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, between 1610 and 1767, it congregated about 150,000 indigenous people in almost fifty "reductions" (Jesuit cities). The Christian-Communist Republic of the Guaranis was decimated by attacks of expeditions and mercenaries and served as an excuse for the kings of Portugal and Spain to banish the Jesuits from America.
Lost ZweigLost Zweig · 2003
Lost Zweig
2003
MovieDrama
The life of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig in Brazil. He wrote the famous book "Brasil, País do Futuro" (Brazil, Country of the Future). He and his wife Lotte, in a mysterious death pact, decided to kill themselves in the week following 1942 Carnival, in Brazil.

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