José Lewgoy
Birthday: 1920-11-16
Place of Birth: Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Biography: José Lewgoy was a Brazilian actor (Veranópolis, November 16, 1920 — Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2003). Since 1940, he acted in more than one hundred films, including Fitzcarraldo with German actor Klaus Kinski and studied at Yale University. In 1973, he participated in the film by Colombian director Carlos Mayolo, La mansión de Araucaíma, in the role of Graciliano "Don Graci". The film is based on a story of the same name by writer Álvaro Mutis, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2001.
Movies
Cobra Verde
A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the suga...
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Val...
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O Grande Gozador
"Lula, 'bon vivant' who subsists at the expense of small blows, goes on with his life without a pres...
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affir...
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Chaos and Confusion
Super Chacrinha and Glauber Rocha, two millionaires from the earthly plane of Varathrum, manipulate ...
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Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, ...
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Bloody Gold
The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a m...
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Black Palm Trees
Four sailors stranded in Rio are about to retrieve their salary for a salvage. The only requirement ...
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Moon Over Parador
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the...
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Entranced Earth
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political pow...
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When Will It Strike Noon
The small South American republic of Guadalarma is under the rule of despot Don Salvador, surrounded...
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I Loved a Bookie
Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a pla...
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Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol
The team of Galinheiro Futebol Clube, formed by emeritus fighters, has as technical Cardea, advised ...
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Roberto Carlos, Looking for Adventure
While making a movie in Rio de Janeiro, the singer Roberto Carlos is kidnapped by an international g...
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The Scarlet Scorpion
Anjo, a millionaire playboy who moonlights as a crime fighter, leaps into action when his arch-nemes...
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Boca
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with th...
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Horror and Ecstasy
Girl and her boyfriend are kidnapped. She develops a strange attraction to her kidnapper and the two...
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Katucha... A Mulher Desejada
A beautiful young woman, raised by prostitutes and disgusted with life, accepts the offer to move wi...
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Carnaval Atlântida
Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of t...
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Matar ou Correr
"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town ...
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Aviso aos Navegantes
In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, t...
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Maior Que o Ódio
Two friends grow together in the same neighborhood but, as adults, take different paths in life. One...
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Roberto Carlos e o Diamante Cor-de-Rosa
A statuette bought in an antique shop in Tokyo may lead to the discovery of a great treasure....
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Carnaval no Fogo
A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Cop...
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O Gigante da América
A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship wh...
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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
In the 18th century in a forgotten town, young Benedicta is the executioner's daughter. Monk Ambrosi...
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Tabu
The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine ...
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Os Mansos
Erotic comedy in 3 segments: "A B. de Ouro" (The Golden A..), "O Homem dos Quatro Chifres" (The Man ...
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Party
A harmonicist, a pool player, and his old assistant get invited as entertainers at a fancy dinner pa...
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Engraçadinha
After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest...
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The Patriot
Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems usin...
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República dos Assassinos
In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave...
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Os Paqueras
Two ladykillers living in Rio de Janeiro know no limits when courting a beautiful woman. A problem a...
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Hung Up
A woman from a bourgeois family marries a loveless man. She remembers (or dreams?) a life of adventu...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo...
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Depois do Transe
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced ...
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Escapade
Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a rob...
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A Bomb for a Dictator
RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to Fran...
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A Married Man's Report
Carlos, a married lawyer, gets involved with one of his clients. But the relationship turns into an ...
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Mortal Sin
The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and...
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Scent of Gardenias
Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he f...
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Doomed Lovers
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wag...
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The Quartet
The story of two immigrant couples: Teresa and Angelo; Pierina and Massimo. While fighting for survi...
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Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his unti...
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A Rose for Everyone
A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that eru...
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Ring Around the World
Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swingi...
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Chatô, The King of Brazil
The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications in Brazil. Due to his inf...
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O Homem de Papel
A jaded reporter used to making up sensationalist headlines gets in trouble when real criminals come...
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Barnabé, You Are Mine
A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom...
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The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro....
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Como é Boa Nossa Empregada
Three segments with stories about the sexual relationships between adolescent boys and the maids who...
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Movie Theaters of Rio
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since ...
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The Jew
The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18t...
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to his...
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When Carnaval Comes
Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn...
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Blame It on Rio
Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with t...
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Gente Que Transa
Competing for the concession of a TV channel, one of the contenders throws an orgy to defeat the oth...
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Two-Edged Knife
Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to h...
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O Ibraim do Subúrbio
A poor man from the North Zone of Rio, head of a family, Roy struggles in every way to survive and a...
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A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
A comedy divided into two episodes. The first tells the story of Agildo, a man obsessed with women, ...
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Eu Dou o Que Ela Gosta
A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and...
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As Cariocas
Divided into three episodes based on stories by Stanislaw Ponte Preta (Sérgio Porto), the film portr...
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I, I, I José Lewgoy
Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors ...
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On Borrowed Time
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia...
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Independência ou Morte
The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose f...
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Pra Quem Fica, Tchau
Pra Quem Fica, Tchau tells the story of a teenager from the interior who comes to Rio, financed by a...
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Stelinha
A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and...
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Os Mucker
In 1873 in Rio Grande do Sul, a group of peasants come together to form a community of brothers, aro...
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Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
Filled with raunchy laughs, this documentary compiles outrageous scenes from sex-comedies that shape...
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S.O.S. Noronha
In 1930, on the island of Noronha in Brazil, the inmates of the penitentiary revolt. Frédéric Coulib...
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Sonhos Tropicais
A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public h...
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Perdida em Sodoma
Marlene arrives in São Paulo looking for her biological parents having only one address from where s...
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The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot...
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A Viúva Virgem
In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina a...
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Intimacy
Guia de Filmes indicates: "melodrama addressing the massification of large urban centers and the con...
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A Hora Mágica
In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, ...
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O Flagrante
Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives...
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Burden of Dreams
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...
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Where Are You Taking That Woman
A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him...
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The Manor of Araucaima
In an old and mysterious tropical mansion cohabit the supposed owner, a friar, a convalescent pilot,...
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Gaudêncio! O Centauro dos Pampas
A gang plans to carry out a major heist in a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. What they do...
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