Varela Silva
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 15, 1929
Deathday: December 15, 1995
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Benilde or the Virgin Mother
1975-11-21
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Overview: A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle; however, her distressed bourgeois family decides that Benilde has lost her mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-11-21
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The Mystery Key
1959-07-25
The Mystery Key
Overview: A fussy insurance inspector (Varela Silva) has the mission to investigate why, in three years, 325 employees have passed through a farm shop. In his police demand, he speaks with the maid, the girl Elvira (Fernanda Borsatti) and with the store's boss, Mr. Silva (Henrique Santos). His curiosity will only be satisfied with the arrival of Dona Berta (Elvira Velez), with her "nausea" daughter (Isabel de Castro) and her "unbearable" granddaughter (Guida Maria)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-25
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Via Macau
1966-07-27
Via Macau
Overview: An arms smuggler organization uses a pirate television station to spread dissention among representatives in an international conference in Portugal. A French diplomat travels to Macao, hoping to locate a sexy spy who had stayed in Lisbon.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-07-27
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Enchanted Isles
1965-03-15
Enchanted Isles
Overview: A French sailor circa 1850, disembarks in a desert Atlantic island, and discovers a woman who had survived for many years her husband and brother, who have died while searching for mysterious valuables. The young couple discover paradise, and its end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1965-03-15
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Cântico Final
1975-11-23
Cântico Final
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-11-23
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Os Filhos da Noite
1979-01-01
Os Filhos da Noite
Overview: A man living a regular and not-so-spectacular life, only feels alive at night.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Aqui D'El Rei!
1992-04-24
Aqui D'El Rei!
Overview: At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty. Mouzinho instantly becomes a national hero but his raising popularity worries the State.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-04-24
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The Jew
1996-01-16
The Jew
Overview: The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-01-16
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Guerilla Hellcats
1968-07-03
Guerilla Hellcats
Overview: Under the mundane guise of a public relations firm, Singrid Karaman is actually running an intelligence network. Her new mission is to foil an upcoming coup attempt in the African country of Myassaland, and to recover the large stock of diamonds that have fallen into the hands of the mercenaries behind the plot. She instructs a former Nazi, Eric, to form a shock commando and her assistant, Carol, to contact the mercenary leaders, Commandant St Robert and Captain Tarquier. Although Tarquier is very suspicious, St Robert agrees to go aboard Ingrid's yacht.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-07-03
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Estrada da Vida
1968-08-25
Estrada da Vida
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-08-25
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