Zbigniew Ziembinski

Zimba (2021)

The trajectory and artistic imagery of actor and director Zbigniew Ziembinski (1908-1978), precursor of modern theater in Latin America and master of generations of Brazilian actors. The polyphonic montage builds on vast unpublished material, covering half ...

O Homem de Papel (1976)

A jaded reporter used to making up sensationalist headlines gets in trouble when real criminals come after him. ...

O Caçador de Fantasma (1975)

O Descarte (1973)

After Cláudia, haunted by her husband's death on a car crash, starts a romance with another man, she starts receiving threatening letters. ...

É Simonal (1970)

Brazil Year 2000 (1969)

Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of ...

A Madona de Cedro (1968)

Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the ...

Edu, Coração de Ouro (1968)

A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had managed to make him fall in love, until he met with mysterious Tatiana. ...

Crônica da Cidade Amada (1965)

Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time. ...

É Proibido Beijar (1954)

Eduardo wants to become a police reporter. To do so, he unravels a mysterious crime, but fails to get the editor of his newspaper to promote it. He is engaged to Suzy, who works at a nightclub. In charge of interviewing a famous actress, June, gets involve ...

Veneno (1952)

An employee of a glass factory suffers with his wife's contempt and starts to develop homicidal delusions about her. One night, he meets a singer which resembles his wife a lot and conjures up a plan. ...

Appassionata (1952)

Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser. ...

Tico-Tico no Fubá (1952)

A fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s. ...

Terra Violenta (1949)

Não Adianta Chorar (1945)

Samba em Berlim (1943)

Granica (1938)

Zenon Ziembiewicz comes back to his hometown after graduating from the university in Paris. He gets entangled in a love triangle with educated young lady Elzbieta and a common country girl Justyna who gets pregnant. ...

Is Lucyna a Girl? (1934)

After becoming a licensed engineer abroad, Lucyna comes back to Poland and looks for a job. Because her wealthy father thinks it's inappropriate for a girl to work, she decides to put on men's clothes and get a job as Julian Kwiatkowski. ...

The Doctor and the Monster (1972)

Portuguese television version of the jekyll and hyde story from 1972. ...

O Diabo Mora no Sangue (1968)

Fredek uszczęśliwia świat (1936)

An eager inventor, Fredek, develops a "telefonowizor" combining audio and video calls but neglects his fiancée Irma in the process. Public demonstrations inadvertently expose private, embarrassing moments, alienating buyers and provoking conflicts, turnin ...