Humberto Mauro Movies

The epic of the exploration and conquest of the Brazilian territory, in search of gold and precious stones.

A theater manager about to go bankrupt decides to accept help from his daughter and her boyfriend to save the family's finances, which she does with...

Balanced on a perch, the parrot is encouraged to imitate the sounds of human speech.

An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.

Short documentary about orchids.

In 1594 Brazil, a frenchman becomes a prisoner of the Tupinambás. While waiting to be executed, the foreigner learns the habits of the...

A short documentary about the Victoria Regia.

Between captured images, animations and scientific descriptions, the puraquê electric fish is presented through the eyes of Humberto Mauro and...

The new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.

Biographical data about Castro Alves: the different cities where he lived, the love misadventures, the school institutions where he studied and his...

Aspects of the Brazilian composer's life, highlighting musical excerpts from the "Série Brasileira".

Reconstruction of the historical episode of the Inconfidência Mineira (Minas Conspiracy).

A panel of the capital of Minas Gerais at the end of the 1950s. Aspects of its modern layout, the result of a pre-established urban plan, with its...

Biographical account of Leopoldo Miguéz with sung and illustrated fragments of some of his compositions.

Carmen, a poor and beautiful woman, lives in a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro. All men desire her, including her stepfather, but she only has eyes for...

A documentary-tribute to the filmmaker Humberto Mauro considered the pioneer of Brazilian and Latin American cinema, directed by his grandnephew,...