Ferreira Leite

The First Mass (1961)

Meant principally for a sympathetic audience, whether Catholic or not, this routine story about a priest's receiving the call to the cloth may be a bit slow and theatrical for some viewers. Directed by Lima Barreto, the tale is told in a series of flashbacks as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lima Barreto
CAST:  Roberto Alrean  •  Dionísio Azevedo  •  Artur Barman  •  Felipe Barreto

Meant principally for a sympathetic audience, whether Catholic or not, this routine story about a priest's receiving the call to the cloth may be a bit slow and theatrical for some viewers. Directed by Lima Barreto, the tale is told in a series of flashbacks as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lima Barreto
CAST:  Roberto Alrean  •  Dionísio Azevedo  •  Artur Barman  •  Felipe Barreto

No Trampolim da Vida (1946)

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DIRECTION:  Franz Eichhorn
CAST:  Luz del Fuego  •  Zilka Salaberry  •  Mara Rúbia  •  Adélia Iório

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DIRECTION:  Franz Eichhorn
CAST:  Luz del Fuego  •  Zilka Salaberry  •  Mara Rúbia  •  Adélia Iório

Pinguinho de Gente (1949)

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DIRECTION:  Gilda de Abreu
CAST:  Isabel de Barros  •  Lúcia Delor  •  Vera Nunes  •  Violeta Ferraz

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DIRECTION:  Gilda de Abreu
CAST:  Isabel de Barros  •  Lúcia Delor  •  Vera Nunes  •  Violeta Ferraz

O Noivo da Girafa (1957)

The story of the confusion experienced by Aparicio Boamorte who works in the Zoo and has a giraffe as a confidante to vent the scolding he takes of all the people with whom he relates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Lima
CAST:  Amacio Mazzaropi  •  Glauce Rocha  •  Nieta Junqueira  •  Roberto Duval

The story of the confusion experienced by Aparicio Boamorte who works in the Zoo and has a giraffe as a confidante to vent the scolding he takes of all the people with whom he relates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Lima
CAST:  Amacio Mazzaropi  •  Glauce Rocha  •  Nieta Junqueira  •  Roberto Duval