Acting
Grande Otelo
Born October 18, 1915 · Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Died November 26, 1993 · aged 78
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…
Known For
Fitzcarraldo · 1982Fitzcarraldo
★ 7.61982
MovieDramaAdventure
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.
Getúlio Vargas · 1974Getúlio Vargas
★ 4.91974
MovieDocumentary
Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.
Macunaima · 1969Macunaima
★ 6.91969
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.
Assim Era a Atlântida · 1975Assim Era a Atlântida
★ 8.11975
MovieDocumentary
O Flagrante · 1976O Flagrante
★ 8.01976
MovieComedy
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.
Noites Cariocas · 1935Noites Cariocas
★ 10.01935
MovieComedy
Se Meu Dólar Falasse... · 1971Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
★ 6.01971
MovieComedy
Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.
Romance Proibido · 1944Romance Proibido
★ 9.81944
MovieDramaRomance
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.
Movies
Fitzcarraldo · 1982Fitzcarraldo
★ 7.61982
MovieDramaAdventure
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.
Getúlio Vargas · 1974Getúlio Vargas
★ 4.91974
MovieDocumentary
Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.
Macunaima · 1969Macunaima
★ 6.91969
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.
Assim Era a Atlântida · 1975Assim Era a Atlântida
★ 8.11975
MovieDocumentary
O Flagrante · 1976O Flagrante
★ 8.01976
MovieComedy
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.
Noites Cariocas · 1935Noites Cariocas
★ 10.01935
MovieComedy
Se Meu Dólar Falasse... · 1971Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
★ 6.01971
MovieComedy
Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.
Romance Proibido · 1944Romance Proibido
★ 9.81944
MovieDramaRomance
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.
João Ninguém · 1936João Ninguém
★ 9.01936
MovieDramaMusic
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.
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream · 1980Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
★ 5.81980
MovieComedyDrama
Story of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom.
Natal da Portela · 1988Natal da Portela
★ 7.11988
MovieDramaMusic
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.
Mulheres à Vista · 1959Mulheres à Vista
★ 5.71959
MovieMusicComedy
Othelo The Great · 2024Othelo The Great
2024
MovieDocumentary
A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice.
Fala Mangueira! · 1983Fala Mangueira!
1983
MovieMusicDocumentary
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.
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado · 2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
★ 5.82009
MovieDocumentary
The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.
O Caçula do Barulho · 1949O Caçula do Barulho
★ 9.01949
MovieComedy
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.
Três Vagabundos · 1952Três Vagabundos
★ 7.01952
MovieComedyScience Fiction
A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.
Parahyba Mulher Macho · 1983Parahyba Mulher Macho
★ 5.91983
MovieDramaHistory
Account an important part of the history of Brazil, through its main character, Anayde Beiriz a poet, journalist and revolutionary and libertarian teacher of the early twentieth century, known for its sexual liberalism, which shocked the pre-Revolution in the state of Paraíba during 1930. His love for João Dantas eventually forge João Pessoa's death, at that time, governor of of Paraíba. These events served as a trigger for the a revolution.
The Force of Xango · 1977The Force of Xango
★ 6.01977
MovieDramaHorror
Tonho Tiê really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets beautiful Zulmira; they pledge love and projects for many children. But time passes and Tonho returns to being the womanizer he had always been. Zulmira, daughter of Iansã, cannot stand Tonho's brazenness, and asks her saint-mother to wash her honor with blood.
Katharsys · 2022Katharsys
2022
Movie
Troca de Cabeça · 1991Troca de Cabeça
1991
Movie
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa · 1975Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
★ 10.01975
MovieComedy
Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Earth, incarnated in his brother's body, and correct three mistakes he had made in his previous life.
That's What I'm Gonna Do · 1948That's What I'm Gonna Do
★ 7.01948
MovieComedyMusic
A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness.
Blue Sky · 1941Blue Sky
★ 9.01941
MovieComedyMusic
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.
TV Shows
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.
Chico Anysio Show · 1982Chico Anysio Show
★ 9.01982
SeriesComedy
Jequitibá · 1993Jequitibá
★ 7.81993
SeriesDrama
Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could notice this. But nobody knew him. He was a storyteller, and he was always the main character in the stories he told. He managed not only to create stories about himself, he managed to create a legend. The story of this powerful cacao farmer; Maria Santa, the beloved wife who died; and their four children is the main theme of 'Renascer'.
Caso Especial · 1971Caso Especial
★ 6.01971
SeriesDramaCrime
Little Missy · 1986Little Missy
★ 7.81986
SeriesDrama
Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the promulgation of the Golden Law. Sinhá Moça's love story, daughter of Colonel Ferreira, Baron de Araruna, and a slave-boy, with the young Dr. Rodolfo, an active Republican abolitionist, faced with the difficulties of the campaign for the abolition of slaves. The two meet on the train, when Sinhá Moça, after completing her studies in the provincial capital, returns to Araruna. Like Rodolfo, she has abolitionist ideas and criticizes her father's attitudes, fighting for the defense of blacks. Sinhá Moça, together with Rodolfo and other abolitionists, invade the slave quarters at night and liberate the blacks, giving them to the abolitionist associations, which guide them towards freedom.
Feijão Maravilha · 1979Feijão Maravilha
★ 9.41979
SeriesComedy
Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.
Água Viva · 1980Água Viva
★ 8.21980
SeriesDrama
Bravo! · 1975Bravo!
★ 9.61975
SeriesDrama
A widowed conductor rediscovers love when he meets a young woman from the countryside, but doubts about his music make him question his competence and distance himself from the woman he loves.
A Gata Comeu · 1985A Gata Comeu
★ 8.11985
SeriesComedy
After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded on a deserted island.
Uma Rosa com Amor · 1972Uma Rosa com Amor
★ 6.71972
SeriesDrama
Serafina is a romantic young woman who dreams of experiencing great love. Claude is a wealthy businessman who is in the country illegally. The two make a deal that will transform their lives.
O Amor é Nosso! · 1981O Amor é Nosso!
★ 7.01981
SeriesDrama
The telenovela tells the story of Pedro, a young singer seeking recognition and success. The son of Celso and Anita leaves his parents' home when he discovers that his brother Claudio has become involved with his girlfriend Selma. The singer then goes to live in a student community, where he meets the siblings Bruno, a composer, and Nina. Pedro and Bruno begin a professional partnership. Nina ends up falling in love with the singer, but is torn between him and the former seminarian Chico.
Mandala · 1987Mandala
★ 8.01987
SeriesDrama
Maria, Maria · 1978Maria, Maria
★ 8.01978
SeriesDrama
In the backlands, the drover Ricardo marks the destiny of young Maria. Years later, in Xique-Xique, a mistake between two identical women rekindles passions, separations, and an impossible love.
Bandeira 2 · 1971Bandeira 2
1971
SeriesDramaCrime
Linguinha x Mr. Yes · 1971Linguinha x Mr. Yes
1971
Series
O Bem-Amado · 1980O Bem-Amado
★ 9.31980
SeriesComedy
Os Ossos do Barão · 1973Os Ossos do Barão
★ 8.51973
SeriesDrama
Republic · 1989Republic
★ 8.01989
SeriesDrama
The transition from imperial Brazil to the Republic, marked by intrigue, rebellion, and popular indifference. Held in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the Republic in Brazil.
Grandes Nomes · 1980Grandes Nomes
1980
SeriesDocumentary
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo · 1990Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
★ 8.61990
SeriesComedy
A, E, I, O... Urca · 1990A, E, I, O... Urca
★ 8.31990
SeriesComedyDrama