
Carlos Kroeber
Actor · 1934 – 1999 · Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Carlos Henrique Kroeber, better known as Carlos Kroeber (Belo Horizonte, September 20, 1934 – Rio de Janeiro, June 12, 1999), was a Brazilian actor. Son of German immigrants, Kroeber was one of the founders of Teatro Experimental, in Belo Horizonte.
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TV8.0SoapDramaHelena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.
História de Amor
1995 · 11 votes
TV8.0DramaSoapJocasta, an 18-year-old sociology student and daughter of communist activist Túlio Silveira, is actively involved in the country's political landscape. She is in love with Laio—her polar opposite—a disengaged, esoteric young man who lives off his wealthy father's allowance. A mystic, Laio makes no move without consulting his guru and friend Argemiro, whom he turns to upon learning of Jocasta's pregnancy. The cowrie shell reading reveals that his son is destined to kill him and enter into a romantic relationship with his mother. Terrified, Laio disappears with the child immediately after birth, aided by Argemiro—who loves Laio and loathes Jocasta. Twenty-five years later, Jocasta is a successful yet restless woman searching for her missing son. She is estranged from Laio, who has spent recent years expanding his father's fortune through involvement in underground gambling. On a highway, he encounters Oedipus, unaware that the young man is his son.
Mandala
1987 · 2 votes
TV8.1SoapDramaFour stories intertwine, revolving around moral dilemmas of life in society. A secret unites student Alice and mega-businessman Raul Pelegrini, who are major ideological opponents.
Pátria Minha
1994 · 5 votes
TV9.0ComedyChico Anysio Show
1982 · 3 votes
TV7.8SoapDramaMaria do Carmo becomes wealthy through her father's business dealings and becomes a successful businesswoman, but she retains the habits of her humble past.
Rainha da Sucata
1990 · 11 votes
TV7.7SoapDramaAna and Zeca have a happy marriage, but they can't have children. To fulfill their dream, the couple hires the young Clara as a surrogate mother, which leads them into a legal dispute.
Barriga de Aluguel
1990 · 5 votes
TV8.3SoapDramaRenato Villar is an ambitious businessman. After discovering a brain tumor, his life takes a turn, and he decides to settle his debts and live his true love.
Roda de Fogo
1986 · 6 votes
TV7.5ComedySoapChildhood friends Cidinha and Leda follow opposite paths, but envy the life the other has chosen. Belo's love and custody of their daughter lead them into a competition.
Perigosas Peruas
1992 · 4 votes
TV8.6SoapDramaAmbitious Nice seeks social advancement through Rodrigo Medeiros, but ends up truly falling in love with him. This is the second version of the telenovela, originally aired in 1976.
TV7.4SoapDramaGolden Dream is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It ran from September 27, 1993 to May 14, 1994. It was written by Marcílio Moraes and directed by Reynaldo Boury, with co-direction by Roberto Naar. The action takes place in the city of Curitiba. It was also broadcast in Portugal.
TV8.5DramaSoapThe cheerful and outgoing Jordana lived alongside Silas for 20 years, helping him become wealthy. Despite this, he abandons her to run away with the opportunistic Carla. After the separation, Jordana faces financial difficulties. She then meets Dona Mena, an eccentric and lonely old woman abandoned by her family. Jordana takes care of Dona Mena and, when she dies, inherits four bronze cupids containing a million dollars. The problem is that the cupids disappear without a trace. The cupids become the subject of a fight between Dona Mena's nephews, Loreta and Carlito. The two are the villains of the story. Jordana, however, ends up falling in love with Carlito. In the final chapters, Jordana manages to recover the cupids and rebuild her life. She has the help of her friend Vieira.
Jogo da Vida
1981 · 2 votes
TV7.5SoapDramaAfter his grandfather's death, André Cajarana goes to Rio de Janeiro to understand the death of his father—whom he had always believed to be a hero—and to try to prove his innocence.
Pai Herói
1979 · 2 votes
TV9.0SoapDramaThe telenovela tells the story of Francisca Moura Imperial, a wealthy businesswoman, and her two sons: Jordão and Tiago, who show little interest in the family business. Jordão is the product of a whirlwind romance in Francisca's youth, while Tiago was born from her marriage to Roberto, a seductive man who moves in high society but is penniless. Francisca is preoccupied with her sons but cannot interfere in their lives as much as she would like. Eccentric and full of outlandish ideas, she decides to undergo plastic surgery, which makes her look 20 years younger, believing that this will bring her closer to Jordão and Tiago. Francisca's greatest concern is that at least one of her sons will marry and give her a grandchild, thus ensuring the continuation of the family name.
Transas e Caretas
1984 · 1 votes
TV7.3SoapDramaThe story begins with the arrival of millionaire Antônio Carlos Volpone in Brazil. After living in Cairo for 18 years, he returns to his homeland for two reasons: first, to clarify the murder of his father-in-law, Dr. Telles, of which he was accused; second, to get closer to his ex-wife Estela, now married to Orlando Aranha. The millionaire also attracts media attention, and reporter Amélia Bicudo decides to investigate his life. To mislead his enemies and move freely, Volpone uses numerous disguises: the executive Anabela Freire, the doctor Nilo Peixe, the industrialist Augusto Melo Sampaio, and the driver André Silva. With the help of his loyal secretary and friend, Mosca, he confronts his main rival, Orlando Aranha, and Renata, Orlando's sister, who holds secrets about the murder of Estela's father.
Um Sonho a Mais
1985 · 3 votes
TV8.6SoapComedyCousins Charlô and Otávio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.
Guerra dos Sexos
1983 · 11 votes
TV7.0SoapDramaMaria Augusta, Maria José, and Maria da Glória reunite in Rio after studying together in Switzerland and prove their friendship despite many twists and turns, crimes, and romances.
As Três Marias
1980 · 3 votes
TV7.0SoapDramaCláudia returns to her rural hometown in order to take revenge for the murder of her family a long time ago. She believes that the Flores family committed the crime and tries to destroy them....
TV9.0SoapDramaSétimo Sentido
1982 · 6 votes
TV6.7ComedySoapNonô Corrêa, a character inspired by Molière's "The Miser", is the story's protagonist. The orphan Zezinho crosses paths with Nonô and wins the neurotic gentleman's heart.
Amor com Amor Se Paga
1984 · 3 votes
TV7.0DramaUnhappy in her marriage, Rachel decides to separate from her husband, the businessman Virgílio. Determined to turn her life around, she moves from Petrópolis to the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro with her daughter, Clara, and goes to live in her mother Laura's house in Ipanema. There she falls in love with the charming, but gruff, Heitor, owner of a mechanic shop. He lives with his sister, Irene, in an old townhouse, one of the main settings of the telenovela.
TV8.4SoapComedyThe story follows the lives of Naná and Gegê, a pair of con artists. Gegê is the uncle of Tina Pepper, a Tina Turner fan who dreams of becoming a famous singer.
Cambalacho
1986 · 5 votes
TV8.5ComedySoapThe story is set in the fictional city of Albuquerque, in the interior of São Paulo, in the early 1960s – a time marked by changing behaviors in much of the world. There, young people enjoy the sounds of rock and twist on the dance floors, follow the fashion of jeans and leather jackets, and show off on Lambrettas and motorcycles through the city streets. In this context, Maria Tereza, a student teacher, dreams of living in the capital and being elected Miss Brazil, but clashes with her boyfriend, João. An idealistic young man who intends to pursue a career in journalism, he is consumed by jealousy of his beloved.
Estúpido Cupido
1976 · 4 votes
TV5.9DramaComedyAdaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
A Vida Como Ela É...
1996 · 9 votes
TV7.7SoapDramaO Pulo do Gato
1978 · 3 votes
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Movie5.0DramaThrillerThe youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.
Movie4.5DramaThe film shows the drama of the young and fragile Lalinha. After being abandoned by her husband, who ran away with another, the girl seeks comfort on the farm where the two in-laws live and the widowed father-in-law. There, the girl discovers a new world.
Noites do Sertão
1984 · 6 votes
Movie5.6MusicAdventureA rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
Running Out of Luck
1987 · 7 votes
Movie4.3ComedyTadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich people. In his spare time, he becomes the favorite among lonely and rich ladies. Soon he gets involved in trouble.
Movie8.0ComedyTem Alguém na Minha Cama
1976 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DramaThe Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.
Movie6.2DramaBased on the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer, this intense drama tells the story of Bauer, a trans man who navigates a difficult life in an orphanage before finding love with young librarian Clara.
Vera
1986 · 11 votes
Movie10.0ComedyO Filho do Chefão
1974 · 1 votes
Movie6.1HistoryDramaLife and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
Anchieta, José do Brasil
1977 · 10 votes
Movie9.0DramaWhen Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a hallucination of four chimpanzees. Once he recovers, he is shocked to find the four chimpanzees waiting for him at home, and, believing them to be special, decides to take them to the city in order to sell them.
Movie7.0HorrorComedyTwo young men in search of adventure meet Iracema, a bride who's been left waiting at the church. They give her a ride on their jeep, until they find the most strange family: a couple with seven girls and a son. According to popular tradition, a man born after seven girls is bound to become a werewolf.
Movie5.8ComedyFantasyIn a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.
Movie8.0MusicComedyZezé is an eight-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother and suffers the drama of not having known his father. Amanda, Zezé's mother, is a beautiful but disillusioned young woman. She tells her son that his father is constantly traveling, trying to hide her own pain. Father's Day arrives and, at school, the teacher is preparing a party. Zezé, humiliated in front of his classmates, promises that he will bring his father on the day of the celebration. Zezé begs his grandmother to show him at least one photograph of his father. The old woman mistakenly gives him a photo of the singer Tony Marques, her daughter's former boyfriend. Zezé sets off to find her supposed father and ends up getting disastrously involved in the singer's life.
Som, Amor e Curtição
1972 · 1 votes
Movie5.1ComedyDramaBiography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.
Luz Del Fuego
1982 · 7 votes
Movie10.0DramaUm Homem Célebre
1974 · 3 votes
Movie6.0CrimeFleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lover of Beth, the young criminal realizes that he can enrich himself very and very fast.
O Marginal
1974 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyShortly before becoming a priest, a young man decides to run away from the seminary and goes to Rio de Janeiro. There he will face a series of problems, most of them related to carnal temptations.
O Padre Que Queria Pecar
1975 · 1 votes
Movie4.9ThrillerDramaA decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.
Movie6.5FantasyFamilyBoy from a poor family loses his only asset: a colorless little horse that his imagination turns into a magical and colorful pretty stallion. To get his pet back, he leaves home and faces all dangers ahead with courage, getting involved in many adventures.
Movie9.0DramaTessa, Debora and Roberta have a strong bond. Surrounded by perverted men whose only pleasure is sadistic sex games, far out drug fantasies and to humiliate and abuse women, they must take action.
Tessa, a Gata
1982 · 1 votes
Movie8.0CrimeThrillerA Extorsão
1975 · 1 votes
Movie5.1ComedyMany stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.
Movie6.9DramaHistoryThe real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil's colonial days, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes.