J.B. Tanko

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J.B. Tanko

Born April 21, 1906 · Sisak, Croatia

Died October 5, 1993 · aged 87

Josip Bogoslaw Tanko (April 21, 1906 – October 5, 1993) was a Croat filmmaker who directed O Trapalhão nas Minas do Rei Salomão, one of the biggest cinematic hits in Brazil of all time. He also founded JBTV - J. B. Tanko Filmes Ltda. Josip Bogoslaw Tanko was born on April 21, 1906, in the Croatian city of Sisak. He was passionate about cinema from childhood. In the 1930s, he started working at S…

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Pais Quadrados, Filhos AvançadosPais Quadrados, Filhos Avançados · 1970
Pais Quadrados, Filhos Avançados
★ 8.01970
MovieComedy
Bom Mesmo É CarnavalBom Mesmo É Carnaval · 1962
Bom Mesmo É Carnaval
★ 6.51962
MovieMusicComedy
Colonel Polidoro is the political chief of the small town of Passaroca. Near the city hall elections, he decides to help his candidate by setting up an adult literacy course. For this, he needs to find a competent teacher and decides to go to Rio de Janeiro with this function. False moralist that is, ends up falling in the revelry, meets a beautiful dancer and invites the girl to spend the carnival on his farm. Drunk, he confuses the addresses and causes his driver to take the dancer in place of the teacher to Passaroca, which will cause a lot of confusion.
Adorável TrapalhãoAdorável Trapalhão · 1967
Adorável Trapalhão
★ 5.91967
MovieRomanceComedy
Epitácio is the driver of a widower musical entrepreneur. Concerned with the boss' happiness, Epitácio tries to find him a wife and introduces him to Lucy, the children's teacher, who dreams of becoming a singer.
Burning SandsBurning Sands · 1952
Burning Sands
★ 9.01952
MovieDramaAdventure
Um Ramo Para LuísaUm Ramo Para Luísa · 1965
Um Ramo Para Luísa
★ 7.01965
MovieDrama
Paulo works as a journalist for a print publication and is a man of many women. He has a long-standing affair with a wealthy married woman and also begins a new relationship with Luísa, a young call girl who is his client.
Rua DescalçaRua Descalça · 1971
Rua Descalça
★ 9.01971
MovieFamily
Vai Que é MoleVai Que é Mole · 1960
Vai Que é Mole
★ 4.01960
MovieComedy
A group of scoundrels want to make it by planning hoaxes.
Vamos Cantar Disco BabyVamos Cantar Disco Baby · 1979
Vamos Cantar Disco Baby
★ 8.01979
MovieComedy
Orphanage Santa Cecília teeters on the brink of bankruptcy as a real-estate firm plans to raze it and its surrounding forest. Three girls receive a magical gift of song from a mysterious old woman, on the condition they never kiss a boy, to earn money and save the home. With reporter Raul and social worker Gretchen’s help, their rising fame threatens the developer’s scheme. In a last-ditch effort, the developer’s son kidnaps them, but unexpected feelings for one girl force him to reconsider.

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O Trapalhão no Planalto dos MacacosO Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos · 1976
O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos
★ 5.61976
MovieAdventureComedy
This movie is a spoof of "Planet of the Apes" (1968) and follows the storyline of the original step by step - in spite of being a crazy parody of the original film. A group of men lands in a balloon on an area (it's not a planet, it's more like a hill) where talking apes rule and humans are slaves. The apes try to transform the guys in monkeys; a simian princess falls in love with one of them; and so on. This film is one of the several movies made for the popular Brazilian group "Os Trapalhões" - Didi (Renato Aragão), Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias (who at this point hadn't joined the troupe yet) -, many of them inspired by American blockbusters. It's a very fun entertainment, but the humor is very "local" to be understood in other countries. Oh, yeah, the ape "makeup" is terrible, but that's part of the fun. The movie doesn't take itself seriously.

Director

O Trapalhão na Ilha do TesouroO Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro · 1975
O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro
★ 5.81975
MovieAdventureComedy
Two fishermen Dogfish names Zé Cação and Lula discover the result of a theft of a dangerous gang of smugglers and go immediately to be persecuted by them. In pursuit of the bandits is also the federal agent Carlos, passionate young Diana, of which the fishermen meet and become friends. The action takes place on board the Fishermen, however, when the weather warms there comes the pirate Long John Silver, who is looking for a fabulous map of a treasure that was hidden on a nearby island. The map, now divided into two parts, it becomes cause for persecution, with plenty of good humor and adrenaline, which changed hands throughout the film and leading everyone to the island where the treasure was buried.

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