Outro Sertão (2013)
A documentary about Joao Guimaraes Rosa's stay in Nazi Germany. The film captures the experience of the Brazilian vice-consul in Hamburg between 1938 and 1942, at the height of the Nazi regime and during the first years of the World War II. Using his writings from that time, as well as archive pictures, documents, survivors testimonies, and an unpublished interview with him, the film reveals new biographical aspects of one of the greatest writers in Brazilian history.
Directors: Adriana Jacobsen, Soraia Vilela.
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Guimarães Rosa as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Adriana Jacobsen | Director |
| Directing | Soraia Vilela | Director |
| Sound | O Grivo | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Adriana Jacobsen | Writer |
| Writing | Soraia Vilela | Writer |
| Production | Beatriz Lindenberg | Producer |
| Editing | Isabela Monteiro de Castro | Editor |
| Production | Beth Formaggini | Producer |
| Camera | Jacob Solitrenick | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Adrian Cooper | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roberto Reyes | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Yoliswa Gärtig | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Thomas Keller | Camera Operator |