Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Also Known As: Cláudio Correia e Castro
Biography: Cláudio Luís Murgel Corrêa e Castro (Rio de Janeiro, February 27, 1928 — Niterói, August 16, 2005) was a Brazilian actor, one of the record holders for appearances in soap operas in Brazil, appearing in more than forty of them.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: February 27, 1928
Deathday: August 16, 2005
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Indústria
Overview: Documentary that uses metaphors to deal with industrial development in Brazil. From the attempt to build a national industry to the almost immediate invasion of foreign capital.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Seven Kittens
Overview: Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
Genres: Horror Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-04-17
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Tiradentes, O Mártir da Independência
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Genres: History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-04-04
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Amante Muito Louca!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-05-01
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Elas São do Baralho
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-12-07
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Engraçadinha
Overview: After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with Zózimo and lies to Letícia, telling that she is pregnant. Letícia decides to tell Arnaldo what happened, and he says that the child can not be born. He exposes dirty secrets to Engraçadinha, and a tragedy is announced.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Duas Vezes com Helena
Overview: The affectionate relationship between mentor Alberto and his favorite pupil Polydoro is disturbed by Alberto's marriage to Helena, with life-changing and long-lasting consequences for all of them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Tiradentes
Overview: The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-06-12
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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Overview: A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-10-15
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The Claudia Case
Overview: Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-08-26
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É Um Caso de Polícia!
Overview: A young woman obsessed with true crime overhears two men in a restaurant plotting a murder.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-09-23
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Minha Vida Em Suas Mãos
Overview: After being fired from his job and have his unemployment insurance money robbed, a young man decides to become a robber himself. While escaping authorities, he meets a female teacher of whom he takes hostage. Things get complicated when they fall in love with each other.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-05-11
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Cat Skin
Overview: A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-05-07
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Xuxa Popstar
Overview: Nick, a famous fashion model, decides to retire and goes back to her home country Brazil, after a briliant international career. She becomes the head executive of Popstar, the modeling agency where she started her career, and has to deal with intrigues, fashion faux pas and a budding online romance with Sunshine, a mysterious online friend.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-12-15
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Cinco Vezes Favela
Overview: Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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O Grande Mentecapto
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Prova de Fogo
Overview: As soon as Mauro, an Administration student, discovers a strong vocation for mediumship, he drops everything to go deeper and dedicate himself to Umbanda, a religion he embraces so strongly that it makes him give up his studies. Determined to open his own spiritist center, Mauro moves to the countryside.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-05-25
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O Noviço Rebelde
Overview: The troubled adventures of a country novice who goes to the big city to work as a nanny, taking care of the young and rebel sons of a widow businessman.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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O Alienista
Overview: The story, set in the 19th century, portrays the hypocritical bourgeoisie of the time. The eccentric Dr. Simão Bacamarte is a doctor who will develop his theories about the treatment of madness, knowledge acquired during his stay in Europe. The city is left at the mercy of this man who decides, at his own risk, to judge who were the madmen in the city and who were the sane...
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Lampião e Maria Bonita - O Filme
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-22
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Irmãos de Fé
Overview: Priest Marcelo Rossi visits a juvenile correction center, and gives Paulo, one of the interns, a Bible. He starts reading the story of St. Paul.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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