José Lewgoy
José Lewgoy was a Brazilian actor (Veranópolis, November 16, 1920 - Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2003). Since 1940, he acted in more than one hundred films, including Fitzcarraldo with German actor Klaus Kinski and studied at Yale University. In 1973, he participated in the film by Colombian director Carlos Mayolo, La mansión de Araucaíma, in the role of Graciliano "Don Graci". The film is based on a story of the same name by writer Álvaro Mutis, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2001.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.89 |
| Birthday | 1920-11-16 |
| Place of Birth | Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Also Known As |
1987
Cobra Verde
6.9/146
A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing...
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Cobra Verde
1985
Kiss of the Spider Woman
7/287
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his politic...
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
1972
O Grande Gozador
0/0
"Lula, 'bon vivant' who subsists at the expense of small blows, goes on with his life without a present or future purpose. Basically, he just tries to...
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O Grande Gozador
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0/0
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
Chaos and Confusion
0/0
Super Chacrinha and Glauber Rocha, two millionaires from the earthly plane of Varathrum, manipulate the people around them, including Deus and the Dev...
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Chaos and Confusion
1982
Fitzcarraldo
7.637/746
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an...
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Fitzcarraldo
1976
Padre Cícero: Os Milagres de Juazeiro
0/0
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Padre Cícero: Os Milagres de Juazeiro
1978
Bloody Gold
0/0
The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his...
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Bloody Gold
1968
Black Palm Trees
5.5/2
Four sailors stranded in Rio are about to retrieve their salary for a salvage. The only requirement is that they ALL must be sober.
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Black Palm Trees
1988
Moon Over Parador
5.7/77
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Rob...
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Moon Over Parador
1967
Entranced Earth
7.245/110
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jade...
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Entranced Earth
1968
A Um Pulo da Morte
0/0
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A Um Pulo da Morte
1958
When Will it Strike Noon
5.4/5
The small South American republic of Guadalarma is under the rule of despot Don Salvador, surrounded by a civil guard, his mistress (La Morenita), his...
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When Will it Strike Noon
1952
I Loved a Bookie
6.3/3
Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun...
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I Loved a Bookie
1986
Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol
5.6/30
The team of Galinheiro Futebol Clube, formed by emeritus fighters, has as technical Cardea, advised by three direct assistants: Elvis, former player a...
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Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol
1968
Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
4.8/13
While making a movie in Rio de Janeiro, the singer Roberto Carlos is kidnapped by an international gang that wants to make money with his songs in a c...
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Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
1990
The Scarlet Scorpion
5.5/3
Anjo is a millionaire playboy who fights the forces of crime, especially his deadly enemy, the arch-villain Scarlet Scorpion, who recently has kidnapp...
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The Scarlet Scorpion
1994
Boca
3.5/6
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.
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Boca
1979
Horror and Ecstasy
4.5/2
Girl and her boyfriend are kidnapped. She develops a strange attraction to her kidnapper and the two get involved.
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Horror and Ecstasy
1950
Katucha... A Mulher Desejada
0/0
A beautiful young woman, raised by prostitutes and disgusted with life, accepts the offer to move with an older, opportunist man. Depressed and weak,...
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Katucha... A Mulher Desejada
1950
Aviso aos Navegantes
6.5/2
In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working...
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Aviso aos Navegantes
1954
Matar ou Correr
7.3/4
"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is...
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Matar ou Correr
1952
Carnaval Atlântida
7.3/6
Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy...
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Carnaval Atlântida
1951
Maior Que o Ódio
0/0
Two friends grow together in the same neighborhood but, as adults, take different paths in life. One becomes an honest worker, and the other gets stra...
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Maior Que o Ódio
1951
Gravel
0/0
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Gravel
1968
Roberto Carlos e o Diamante Cor-de-Rosa
4.5/10
A statuette bought in an antique shop in Tokyo may lead to the discovery of a great treasure.
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Roberto Carlos e o Diamante Cor-de-Rosa
1949
Carnaval no Fogo
0/0
A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identific...
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Carnaval no Fogo
1980
O Gigante da América
5.2/3
A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship whose destination is unknown.
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O Gigante da América
1996
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
3/2
In the 18th century in a forgotten town, young Benedicta is the executioner's daughter. Monk Ambrosius, newly arrived at the village, pities the girl...
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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
1983
Tabu
6.143/14
The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine Babo and inconoclast poet and playwright Oswald de...
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Tabu
1973
Os Mansos
5/1
Erotic comedy in 3 segments: "A B. de Ouro" (The Golden A..), "O Homem dos Quatro Chifres" (The Man with Four Horns) e "O Homem, a Mulher e o Etc. Num...
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Os Mansos
1971
Lua de Mel e Amendoim
3.5/2
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Lua de Mel e Amendoim
1989
Party
6.5/5
A harmonica player, a player pool and his old assistant are invited to animate a rich people's party but time passes and they are never invited to in...
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Party
1981
Engraçadinha
5/14
After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousi...
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Engraçadinha
1998
The Patriot
4.2/5
Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visio...
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The Patriot
1979
República dos Assassinos
5.1/8
In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos o...
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República dos Assassinos
1969
Os Paqueras
6/5
Two ladykillers living in Rio de Janeiro know no limits when courting a beautiful woman. A problem arises when one of them starts coming on to a girl,...
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Os Paqueras
1973
Hung Up
0/0
A woman from a bourgeois family marries a loveless man. She remembers (or dreams?) a life of adventure and smuggling, hijacking ships at night. She is...
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Hung Up
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
7.55/10
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
2006
Depois do Transe
2/1
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cann...
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Depois do Transe
1957
Escapade
0/0
Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.
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Escapade
1957
Les fanatiques
5.4/5
RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up...
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Les fanatiques
1975
Assim Era a Atlântida
7.5/3
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Assim Era a Atlântida
1965
História de Um Crápula
0/0
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História de Um Crápula
1978
Diário da Província
0/0
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Diário da Província
1974
A Married Man's Report
0/0
Carlos, a married lawyer, gets involved with one of his clients. But the relationship turns into an obsession. The woman understands she'll never mana...
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A Married Man's Report
1970
Mortal Sin
0/0
The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt in this symbolic and gory film. The...
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Mortal Sin
1992
Scent of Gardenias
5.8/4
Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For mor...
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Scent of Gardenias
1967
Doomed Lovers
0/0
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its...
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Doomed Lovers
1995
The Quartet
6.289/45
The story of two immigrant couples: Teresa and Angelo; Pierina and Massimo. While fighting for survival in the new world, the unexpected love of Massi...
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The Quartet
2003
Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
6.5/2
Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved...
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Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
1966
Ring Around the World
6.4/4
Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swinging '60s spy thriller RING AROUND THE WORLD, a glob...
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Ring Around the World
1967
A Rose for Everyone
4.5/2
A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that erupts among them.
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A Rose for Everyone
2015
Chatô, The King of Brazil
5.1/25
The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s...
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Chatô, The King of Brazil
1950
Quando a Noite Acaba
0/0
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Quando a Noite Acaba
1976
O Homem de Papel
0/0
A jaded reporter used to making up sensationalist headlines gets in trouble when real criminals come after him.
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O Homem de Papel
1952
Barnabé, You Are Mine
0/0
A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.
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Barnabé, You Are Mine
1985
Os Bons Tempos Voltaram: Vamos Gozar Outra Vez
6.2/10
Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.
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Os Bons Tempos Voltaram: Vamos Gozar Outra Vez
1973
Como é Boa Nossa Empregada
4.5/3
Three segments with stories about the sexual relationships between adolescent boys and the maids who work at their homes.
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Como é Boa Nossa Empregada
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
0/0
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.
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Movie Theaters of Rio
1996
The Jew
4.3/3
The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition...
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The Jew
1952
Três Vagabundos
0/0
A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.
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Três Vagabundos
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
9/1
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwar...
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
1972
When Carnaval Comes
5.8/6
Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.
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When Carnaval Comes
1968
Os Viciados
0/0
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Os Viciados
1984
Blame It on Rio
5.7/168
Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amor...
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Blame It on Rio
1975
As Secretárias... Que Fazem de Tudo
0/0
Erotic comedy divided in three episodes.
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As Secretárias... Que Fazem de Tudo
1974
Gente Que Transa
2/1
Competing for the concession of a TV channel, one of the contenders throws an orgy to defeat the other candidate.
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Gente Que Transa
1975
Um Soutien Para o Papai
4/1
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Um Soutien Para o Papai
1951
Here Comes the Baron
0/0
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Here Comes the Baron
1989
Two-Edged Knife
5.917/12
Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is c...
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Two-Edged Knife
1969
A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
0/0
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A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
1977
O Ibraim do Subúrbio
7/1
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O Ibraim do Subúrbio
1995
Glaura
0/0
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Glaura
1971
O Bolão
0/0
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O Bolão
1975
Eu Dou o Que Ela Gosta
0/0
A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's watch...
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Eu Dou o Que Ela Gosta
1966
As Cariocas
6/4
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As Cariocas
1971
O Donzelo
0/0
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O Donzelo
2011
I, I, I José Lewgoy
7/1
Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.
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I, I, I José Lewgoy
1952
Burning Sands
0/0
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Burning Sands
1968
On Borrowed Time
6.7/3
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, b...
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On Borrowed Time
1972
Independência ou Morte
6.5/7
The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.
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Independência ou Morte
1971
Pra Quem Fica, Tchau
0/0
Pra Quem Fica, Tchau tells the story of a teenager from the interior who comes to Rio, financed by an uncle, and goes to live with a womanizer cousin.
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Pra Quem Fica, Tchau
1990
Stelinha
5.5/4
A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.
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Stelinha
1979
O Outro Lado do Crime
0/0
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O Outro Lado do Crime
1979
Os Mucker
5/1
In 1873 in Rio Grande do Sul, a group of peasants come together to form a community of brothers, arousing the enmity of the rest of the population. Th...
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Os Mucker
2017
Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
6.2/12
Filled with raunchy laughs, this documentary compiles outrageous scenes from sex-comedies that shaped Brazil's "pornochanchada" boom of the 1970s.
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Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
1954
Carnival in Caxias
1/1
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Carnival in Caxias
1970
Não Aperta, Aparício
0/0
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Não Aperta, Aparício
1957
S.O.S. Noronha
0/0
In 1930, on the island of Noronha in Brazil, the inmates of the penitentiary revolt. Frédéric Coulibaud, head of the aeropostale radio station, and hi...
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S.O.S. Noronha
2001
Sonhos Tropicais
8.5/1
A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public health doctor Oswaldo Cruz ends up involved in the...
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Sonhos Tropicais
1983
Perdida em Sodoma
0/0
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Perdida em Sodoma
1984
Tensão no Rio
0/0
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Tensão no Rio
1987
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
5.4/16
After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.
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The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
1972
A Viúva Virgem
4/5
In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his farm. He e...
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A Viúva Virgem
1974
Os Alegres Vigaristas
0/0
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Os Alegres Vigaristas
1976
Intimacy
2/1
Guia de Filmes indicates: "melodrama addressing the massification of large urban centers and the contradictions of consumer society and advertising. I...
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Intimacy
1998
A Hora Mágica
5.3/3
In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romanticall...
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A Hora Mágica
1976
O Flagrante
0/0
Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get...
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O Flagrante
1967
Jerry - A Grande Parada
0/0
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Jerry - A Grande Parada
1982
Burden of Dreams
7.538/129
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems relat...
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Burden of Dreams
1966
Where Are You Taking That Woman
7/3
A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does no...
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Where Are You Taking That Woman
1986
The Manor of Araucaima
6.3/9
In an old and mysterious tropical mansion cohabit the supposed owner, a friar, a convalescent pilot, the Haitian servant, the mercenary guardian and t...
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The Manor of Araucaima
1980
Curumim
0/0
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