Maurício do Valle

Acting

Maurício do Valle

Born March 1, 1928 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died October 7, 1994 · aged 66

Maurício de Miranda do Valle (Rio de Janeiro, March 1, 1928 — Rio de Janeiro, October 7, 1994) was a Brazilian actor. His career in national cinema was marked by his partnership with filmmaker Glauber Rocha, with whom he worked on the films Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1963), Terra em Transe (1966), O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro (1968) and The Age of the Earth (1980). His career …

Known For

Tragic JungleTragic Jungle · 1963
Tragic Jungle
6.81963
MovieAdventureDrama
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.
Amazon JailAmazon Jail · 1982
Amazon Jail
4.31982
MovieThrillerAdventure
Young women in the Amazon are kidnapped by a ring of devil-worshipers, who plan to sell them as sex slaves. Some of the women escape, but are pursued into the jungle by their captors. The women must band together to turn the tables on their kidnappers.
GabrielaGabriela · 1983
Gabriela
5.91983
MovieDramaRomance
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
Profissão MulherProfissão Mulher · 1983
Profissão Mulher
6.21983
MovieDrama
The destiny of four women - a beautiful model, an alcoholic, a middle-aged spinster and a famous model - is traced inside an advertising agency. They all look for true love and professional recognition, but get involved in turbulent relationships instead.
Grande SertãoGrande Sertão · 1965
Grande Sertão
5.21965
MovieDramaAction
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission.
O Caçador de EsmeraldasO Caçador de Esmeraldas · 1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
8.01979
MovieAdventureHistory
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
Audácia!Audácia! · 1970
Audácia!
7.51970
MovieComedy
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.
Chão BrutoChão Bruto · 1976
Chão Bruto
8.01976
MovieDrama

Movies

Tragic JungleTragic Jungle · 1963
Tragic Jungle
6.81963
MovieAdventureDrama
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.
Amazon JailAmazon Jail · 1982
Amazon Jail
4.31982
MovieThrillerAdventure
Young women in the Amazon are kidnapped by a ring of devil-worshipers, who plan to sell them as sex slaves. Some of the women escape, but are pursued into the jungle by their captors. The women must band together to turn the tables on their kidnappers.
GabrielaGabriela · 1983
Gabriela
5.91983
MovieDramaRomance
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
Profissão MulherProfissão Mulher · 1983
Profissão Mulher
6.21983
MovieDrama
The destiny of four women - a beautiful model, an alcoholic, a middle-aged spinster and a famous model - is traced inside an advertising agency. They all look for true love and professional recognition, but get involved in turbulent relationships instead.
Grande SertãoGrande Sertão · 1965
Grande Sertão
5.21965
MovieDramaAction
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission.
O Caçador de EsmeraldasO Caçador de Esmeraldas · 1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
8.01979
MovieAdventureHistory
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
Audácia!Audácia! · 1970
Audácia!
7.51970
MovieComedy
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.
Chão BrutoChão Bruto · 1976
Chão Bruto
8.01976
MovieDrama
Better Days AheadBetter Days Ahead · 1989
Better Days Ahead
6.81989
MovieComedyDrama
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
The Seven KittensThe Seven Kittens · 1980
The Seven Kittens
6.01980
MovieDramaComedy
Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their four eldest daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back from boarding school after killing a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
Natal da PortelaNatal da Portela · 1988
Natal 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.
Briga, Mulher e SambaBriga, Mulher e Samba · 1961
Briga, Mulher e Samba
7.01961
MovieComedyMusic
Marcelino, a country bumpkin, comes from the countryside to try his luck in Rio de Janeiro. His uncle Simão, a taxi driver and resident of a favela with Sofia, comes to greet him at the train station. A neighbor, Tereza, takes an interest in the newcomer. At the pier, the criminal Zé receives a package and is pursued by police. Mira Diler performs at the Caverna nightclub. In her dressing room, the criminal Zé is found, injured and without the package. Valentino complains about the police action that is disrupting his "business." Marcelino still hasn't found work; at the same time, he tries unsuccessfully to sell his compositions. He begins helping his uncle as a driver, but puts his own worries first: he goes to the nightclub looking for Mira, but finds himself caught up in Valentino's schemes.
O Grande MentecaptoO Grande Mentecapto · 1989
O Grande Mentecapto
6.51989
MovieComedy
Geraldo Viramundo (Diogo Vilela) is a nice guy with absurd ideas. Genial and / or insane, he decides to leave her small town in Minas Gerais and win the world. Your goal is to destabilize the system and their accomplices are the prostitutes and the destitute.
Corisco, o Diabo LoiroCorisco, o Diabo Loiro · 1969
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
8.01969
MovieWesternAdventure
After killing a troublemaker, Cristino flees to a town in the Northeast and is forced to join Lampião's gang, where he becomes his right-hand man, under the name Corisco, the Blond Devil. He falls in love with Dadá, a farmer's daughter, and takes her with him by force. Gradually, she learns to love him, and they live together for 13 years in the cangaço. Corisco escapes the Angico massacre but is captured by Lieutenant Zé Rufino's volante after beheading the family of Lampião's informant. Dadá and Corisco, on the way to hand them over to the authorities, reminisce about the adventurous adventures of their lives.
Entranced EarthEntranced Earth · 1967
Entranced 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.
A CartomanteA Cartomante · 1975
A Cartomante
10.01975
Movie
O Roubo das CalcinhasO Roubo das Calcinhas · 1975
O Roubo das Calcinhas
4.01975
MovieComedyCrime
Brazilian comedy in two segments. 'Theft of the Panties': Four friends are broke during Christmas. Genaro decides to rob a brothel because he thinks that the victims won't call the police. To get to know the place, one of the friends, Alfredo, disguises as a woman and goes there with Genaro. They set up a plan and then return to execute the robbery. 'I Love Cod': The owner of a bar in the suburbs, the Portuguese Manuel, wins the sports lottery. Three mechanics find themselves wronged for having almost won the prize and abduct Manuel's wife, demanding ransom. Manuel refuses to pay, as he finally got rid of his wife and can now win the woman of his dreams. Knowing this, the wife collaborates with the kidnappers to reverse the plan: Manuel will have to pay the ransom if he does not want to see her again.
O Cangaceiro SanguinárioO Cangaceiro Sanguinário · 1969
O Cangaceiro Sanguinário
5.01969
MovieActionWestern
After robbing and massacring a village, the head of a gang of bandits, Captain Jagunço, kidnaps Flô, Mayor Cisso's wife and tortures her.
Dá-lhe, Rigoni!Dá-lhe, Rigoni! · 1979
Dá-lhe, Rigoni!
1979
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the most famous Brazilian jockey of all times, who remembers his glorious past in Rio's Jockey Club.
Nos Tempos da VaselinaNos Tempos da Vaselina · 1979
Nos Tempos da Vaselina
5.41979
MovieComedy
Countryman Onofre is convinced by his cousin to live in Rio de Janeiro together with him so he can enjoy the delights of summer in Rio.
Black God, White DevilBlack God, White Devil · 1964
Black God, White Devil
7.11964
MovieAdventureWestern
Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a series of frightening figures.
Soledade - A BagaceiraSoledade - A Bagaceira · 1976
Soledade - A Bagaceira
8.01976
MovieDrama
Cangaceiros de LampiãoCangaceiros de Lampião · 1967
Cangaceiros de Lampião
6.01967
MovieActionWestern
On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and abuse and murder his wife. Pedro sets out to get revenge on each one.
O Cinderelo TrapalhãoO Cinderelo Trapalhão · 1979
O Cinderelo Trapalhão
5.61979
MovieAdventureComedy
Cinderelo is a quiet young man from a small town, looked down upon by his peers for being dirty and cowardly. In truth, he is very brave and shows his strength when a family of devout people asks the group for help against a powerful landowner, Colonel Dourado. The colonel covets the family’s land, which is located in an oil-rich area. Dona Ivete, the landowner’s niece, assists the Trapalhões in fighting against the henchmen led by Souza.

TV Shows

Roque SanteiroRoque Santeiro · 1985
Roque Santeiro
8.81985
SeriesComedy
In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.
The TrapalhõesThe Trapalhões · 1977
The 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.
Mad LoveMad Love · 1983
Mad Love
7.01983
SeriesDrama
CaboclaCabocla · 1979
Cabocla
9.01979
SeriesDrama
Kananga do JapãoKananga do Japão · 1989
Kananga do Japão
8.31989
SeriesDrama
Feijão MaravilhaFeijão Maravilha · 1979
Feijão 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.
Pé de VentoPé de Vento · 1980
Pé de Vento
9.01980
SeriesDrama
Rosa BaianaRosa Baiana · 1981
Rosa Baiana
7.01981
SeriesDrama
Meu Pedacinho de ChãoMeu Pedacinho de Chão · 1971
Meu Pedacinho de Chão
9.01971
SeriesMystery
Colonel Epaminondas is a retrograde and authoritarian man, who commands and dismantles the region. He declares war on Pedro Galvão, his main rival, when he donates part of his land – purchased from the colonel – for the construction of a church and a school. The arrival of professor Juliana, right at the beginning of the plot, changes the lives of the residents of the small village. Juliana takes over the school and ends up arousing the interest of Fernando, Epaminondas' son. Oblivious to the fights that drive the story are Pituca (Patrí and Serelepe (Aires Pinto). The friendship between the two children, however, does not please the colonel, who is always fighting with his daughter. 'Meu Pedacinho de Chão' was co-produced and shown simultaneously by Globo and TV Cultura in São Paulo.
O Tempo e o VentoO Tempo e o Vento · 1985
O Tempo e o Vento
7.81985
SeriesDrama
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.
A Festa é NossaA Festa é Nossa · 1983
A Festa é Nossa
1983
SeriesComedy
Mário FofocaMário Fofoca · 1983
Mário Fofoca
7.01983
SeriesComedy
A História de Ana Raio e Zé TrovãoA História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão · 1990
A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão
9.01990
SeriesDrama
A Rainha da VidaA Rainha da Vida · 1987
A Rainha da Vida
9.01987
SeriesDramaMystery
Jurema, of humble origins, was raised on a large farm together with Vítor Correia and Carlos Valadares, whose father was the farmer. The three of them were very close and spent their childhood together. Only in adolescence began the rivalry between Carlos and Vítor, because of Jurema.
Escrava AnastáciaEscrava Anastácia · 1990
Escrava Anastácia
1990
SeriesDrama