Caiçara (1950)
Marina, a beautiful young woman with leprous parents, marries a shipyard owner to escape an institution. She moves to a coastal village, faces gossip, and is assaulted by her husband’s partner. After her husband dies in a boat accident, a handsome sailor arrives, and Marina is blackmailed about her family’s health issues.
Director:
Adolfo Celi
Writers:
Adolfo Celi, Alberto Cavalcanti, Ruggero Jacobbi.
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Eliane Lage as Marina |
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Abilio Pereira de Almeida as José Amaro |
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Carlos Vergueiro as Manuel |
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Mário Sérgio as Alberto |
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Zilda Barbosa as Orphanage Director |
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Venário Fornazari as Orphanage Doctor |
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Maísa Pereira de Almeida as Girl 1 |
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Célia Biar as Girl 2 |
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Eunice Faro as Girl 3 |
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Cecília Machado as Girl 4 |
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A.C. Carvalho as German Photographer |
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Tetsunosuke Arima as Kitaro |
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Maria Joaquina da Rocha as Felicidade |
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Oswaldo Eugênio as Chico |
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Aklyoshi Kadobayashi as Tanaka |
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Antônio Rocha as Preto Velho |
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Pedro Ventura as Boat Pilot |
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Gabi de Rose as Olívia |
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Maria Aparecida as Waitress |
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Ruben Bandeira as Bar Employee |
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Carlo Zampari as Tattoo Artist |
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Maria Alice Domingues as Zazá |
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Adolfo Celi as Genoese Man |
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Gini Brentani as Genoese Woman |
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Ricardo Campos as Chief of Police |
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Yeyai Mikuti as Marina's Maid |
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Salvador Daki as Beach Man |
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Lizzie O. Costa as Cecília |
| Directing | Adolfo Celi | Director |
| Production | Alberto Cavalcanti | Producer |
| Writing | Adolfo Celi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gustavo Nonnenberg | Dialogue |
| Writing | Adolfo Celi | Story |
| Writing | Afonso Schmidt | Dialogue |
| Sound | Francisco Mignone | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Carlo Zampari | Production Manager |
| Production | Geraldo Faria Rodrigues | Production Assistant |
| Production | Renato Consorte | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Alberto Cavalcanti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ruggero Jacobbi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Agostinho Martins Pereira | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Trigueirinho Neto | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Oswaldo Kathalian | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Payne | Co-Director |
| Directing | John Waterhouse | Co-Director |
| Directing | Gini Brentani | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | H.E. Fowle | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Robert Huke | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jacques Deheinzelin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Adalberto Kemeny | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Carlo Guglielmi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sebastião Leme | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Ronald Thomas | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Steven Goloki | Assistant Electrician |
| Lighting | Erich Nakonechnyj | Assistant Electrician |
| Camera | José Alarcon | Grip |
| Camera | H. Batista da Cruz | Grip |
| Sound | Erik Rasmussen | Sound |
| Sound | Howard E. Randall | Sound |
| Sound | Ove Schirm | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Álvaro Novais | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Michael Stoll | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Oswald Hafenrichter | Editor |
| Editing | Lúcia Pereira de Almeida | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Rex Endsleigh | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzana Petersen | Costume Design |
| Art | Aldo Calvo | Art Direction |
| Art | Horácio Leifert | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Osny Azevedo | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jerry Fletcher | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victor Merinow | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Francisco Mignone | Conductor |