Ankito
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Ankito, stage name of Anchizes Pinto (São Paulo, February 26 or November 26, 1924 — Rio de Janeiro, March 30, 2009), was a Brazilian actor, considered one of the five biggest names in chanchadas.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Birthday: February 26, 1924
Deathday: March 30, 2009
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Overview: "Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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De Pernas Pro Ar
Overview: A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1957-07-12
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Quem Roubou Meu Samba?
Overview: Somebody is selling songs for two recording companies, simultaneously. The owner of one of them hires a detective to find out the swindler's identity. But the private-eye is clumsy, and messes things up even more.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Bububu no Bobobó
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-08-30
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Vai Que é Mole
Overview: A group of scoundrels want to make it by planning hoaxes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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É Fogo na Roupa
Overview: A precious necklace is stolen during a convention at Quitandinha Palace, a hotel in which a wives conference is deciding whether or not unfaithful husbands should receive the death penalty.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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O Rei do Movimento
Overview: Clementino is a postman who doesn't have much talent for the job and is six months behind in the payment of his apartment. While delivering a correspondence, he is kidnapped by a masked bandit, but manages to escape, and ends up helping the police in the capture of the whole gang, getting a lot of money as reward.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1955-05-30
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Pé na Tábua
Overview: Petrônio drives a bus and his friend Cabeleira is a ticket collector. When Petrônio's sister needs money to do a surgery they get involved with a film production company, where a psychopath is trying to be the protagonist of the movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
Overview: Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's ruled by outlaws. And one of them is mistaken for the "Avenging Gunman", defender of the law.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Garota Enxuta
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Um Candango na Belacap
Overview: During the inauguration of Brasília, Brazil's brand new capital city, singer and ballerina Gilda hides in a working-class night club to escape from an inconvenient millionaire who's trying to date her.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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...E o Bicho Não Deu
Overview: While trying to break an "animal game" gambling scheme, Det. Bartolomeu hits his head, and the gamblers convince him that he is one of them. But everytime he hears a whistle, he changes between gambler and policeman.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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É de Chuá!
Overview: The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Os Três Cangaceiros
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Sai Dessa, Recruta
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Othelo The Great
Overview: A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-09-05
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Marujo Por Acaso
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1954-06-16
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The Scarlet Scorpion
Overview: Anjo, a millionaire playboy who moonlights as a crime fighter, leaps into action when his arch-nemesis, the Scarlet Scorpion, kidnaps a beautiful fashion designer.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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Metido a Bacana
Overview: Tired of royalty, the prince of Araquelândia switches identities with a popcorn maker look-alike so he can enjoy Rio de Janeiro's carnival alongside his butler. While the real prince falls into revelry, the false prince finds himself in trouble with the foreign country's political problems, including a corrupt ambassador and a terrorist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1957-05-24
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Deu a Louca no Cangaço
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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O Feijão é Nosso
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1955-12-15
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Ladrão de Bagdá
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-12-15
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Um Sonho de Vampiros
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Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-08-10
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Guerra é Guerra
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-05-18
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As Cariocas
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-10-24
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O Diabo na Cama
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-06-16
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Angu de Caroço
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1955-07-07
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Brás Cubas
Overview: Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" ("Brás Cubas's Posthumous Memories"). A dead man tells about his love life and adventures, specially his affair with Virgília, a dubious married woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-10-15
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