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Iracema
Directed by Vittorio Capellaro
Written byVittorio Capellaro
Based on Iracema
by José de Alencar
Produced byVittorio Capellaro
Starring Iracema de Alencar
Vittorio Capellaro
Cinematography Paulo Benedetti
Production
company
Capellaro Filmes
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
CountryBrazil
LanguagesSilent
Portuguese intertitles

Iracema is a 1917 Brazilian silent historical film directed by Vittorio Capellaro and starring Iracema de Alencar in the title role. The film is an adaptation of José de Alencar's 1865 novel of the same title. [1] The story is set during the early contacts between European and Native Americans in what became Brazil. It was remade in 1949.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Johnson & Stam p.22

Bibliography

  • Johnson, Randal & Stam, Robert. Brazilian Cinema. Columbia University Press, 1995,

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