Raul Cortez

Raul Cortez

Born: August 28, 1932
Died: July 18, 2006
in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Raul Christiano Machado Cortez (São Paulo, August 28, 1932 – São Paulo, July 18, 2006) was a Brazilian actor, producer and director. Throughout his career he won the country's main awards, including two Press Trophies, three APCA Awards, five Molière Awards, a Brazil Quality Award and a Candango Trophy from the Brasília Festival, in addition to having received two Grande Otelo nominations and two to the Guarani Prize.

Movies for Raul Cortez...

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Title: Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Released: January 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.
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Identificados
Title: Identificados
Released: January 2, 2008
Type: Movie
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Person
Title: Person
Character: Self
Released: August 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of the São Paulo filmmaker through the personal journey of his daughter, Marina. Through interviews with friends, family, and people who worked with Person, she seeks to discover more than dates and biographical data.
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Garoto Cósmico
Title: Garoto Cósmico
Character: Giramundos
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Three children, Cosmic, Luna and Maninho, live in a futuristic world, where lives are totally programmed. One night, while trying to get points to earn a bonus at school, they get lost in space and discover an infinite universe.
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Title: Senhora do Destino
Character: Barão do Bom Sucesso
Released: June 28, 2004
Type: TV
A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old.
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The Other Side of the Street
Title: The Other Side of the Street
Character: Camargo
Released: March 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock of her life.
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Title: Esperança
Character: Genaro Bellini
Released: June 17, 2002
Type: TV
The story of two young Italian lovers of different, rival families who are separated after he moves to Brazil and falls for another woman, while she is forced to marry a fascist.
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To the Left of the Father
Title: To the Left of the Father
Character: Father
Released: October 29, 2001
Type: Movie
The story of André, the rebel runaway son from a dominant Lebanese-Brazilian family who returns to the nest after a few years.
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Title: As Filhas da Mãe
Character: Arthur Brandão
Released: August 27, 2001
Type: TV
The central story is focused on the daughters of Lulu de Luxemburgo - Tatiana , Alessandra and Ramona, who fight among themselves for Jardim do Éden resort, which their father, Fausto Cavalcante , left behind after cheating his two partners, Arthur Brandão and Manolo Gutierrez. With the disappearance of Fausto, the whole family, which was separated and spread across the world (between Rome, Los Angeles and Las Vegas), returns to Brazil.
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Title: Terra Nostra
Character: Francesco Magliano
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
This top-seller recounts the saga of Italians who immigrated to Brazil during the XIX century, seeking their fortunes in America. The forbidden love between Giulliana and Matteo flowers in the midst of the sweeping changes ushered in by the arrival of these Europeans in Brazilian towns. This great epic has thrilled viewers in more than eighty countries.
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Title: Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Title: The King of The Cattle
Character: Geremias Berdinazzi
Released: June 17, 1996
Type: TV
In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.
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Cinema de Lágrimas
Title: Cinema de Lágrimas
Released: November 28, 1995
Type: Movie
An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before she committed suicide.
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Title: Mulheres de Areia
Character: Virgílio Assunção
Released: February 1, 1993
Type: TV
The story of the rivalry between the twin sisters Ruth and Raquel takes place in the fictional Pontal D'Areia, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro. They have very different personalities. Ruth is sweet, calm and has a good heart. Raquel, on the other hand, is selfish, aggressive and mean.
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Title: As Noivas de Copacabana
Character: José Carlos Montese
Released: June 2, 1992
Type: TV
Donato Menezes, a renowned art restorer from Copacabana is also a serial killer obsessed with women in their bridal gowns. His crimes follows the same pattern: he seduces and then kills the victim during the sexual act, always when they're wearing the gown.
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Title: Você Decide
Character: Himself
Released: April 8, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: O Sorriso do Lagarto
Character: Ângelo Marcos
Released: June 4, 1991
Type: TV
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High Art
Title: High Art
Character: Lima Prado
Released: June 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
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Title: A, E, I, O... Urca
Character: Jofre Monteiro
Released: June 24, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Rainha da Sucata
Character: Jonas
Released: April 2, 1990
Type: TV
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Jardim de Alah
Title: Jardim de Alah
Character: Flávio
Released: January 2, 1989
Type: Movie
An overlook at the southern Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods, from the perspective of one of its most well-known places: Jardim de Alah, a group of squares on the middle of neighborhoods Ipanema and Leblon. There, people of different social classes interact together - workers who live in the Cruzada de São Sebastião building and the local bourgeois class who live in fancy condos. There, the rich and the poor unite in the same spirit.
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Title: Mandala
Character: Pedro Bergman
Released: October 12, 1987
Type: TV
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Vianinha
Title: Vianinha
Released: September 14, 1987
Type: Movie
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Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida
Title: Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida
Character: Major Antônio Morais / Diabo
Released: April 22, 1987
Type: Movie
In the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone lives under the excesses of the bishop, the priest and the major. Until an attack on the city, all die at the hands of the bandit Severino and must stand trial in the sky, which puts everyone before God and the Virgin Mary.
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Title: Brega & Chique
Character: Cláudio Serra / Isaac Blum / Herbert Alvaray
Released: April 20, 1987
Type: TV
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Vera
Title: Vera
Character: Professor Paulo
Released: October 24, 1986
Type: Movie
Based on the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer who committed suicide at the age of 20, this intense drama tells the story of Bauer, a transman who navigates a difficult life in an orphanage before finding love with young librarian Clara.
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Tensão no Rio
Title: Tensão no Rio
Released: August 29, 1984
Type: Movie
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Aguenta, Coração
Title: Aguenta, Coração
Released: May 25, 1984
Type: Movie
The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.
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Title: Partido Alto
Character: Célio Cruz
Released: May 7, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: Moinhos de Vento
Character: Ronaldo
Released: January 3, 1983
Type: TV
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Amor de Perversão
Title: Amor de Perversão
Released: June 15, 1982
Type: Movie
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Title: Jogo da Vida
Character: Carlito Madureira
Released: October 26, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Baila Comigo
Character: Quim (Joaquim Gama)
Released: March 16, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Água Viva
Character: Miguel Fragonard
Released: February 4, 1980
Type: TV
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Os Trombadinhas
Title: Os Trombadinhas
Character: Juiz
Released: January 2, 1979
Type: Movie
In São Paulo, a businessman wants to rehabilitate street children, called "trombinhas", through a social project. After being discouraged by the police, he seeks help from the coach of the Santos Futebol Clube youth team.
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Pecado sem Nome
Title: Pecado sem Nome
Released: June 4, 1978
Type: Movie
Upon arriving at the building where he works, Pedro finds the janitor, Hilário Garcia, dead inside one of the elevators. Inspector Canovas, in charge of the case, discovered that Hilário was Portuguese, widowed, with an only child living in the United States. Several suspicious people are detained and interrogated and, during the investigation, a guard and a girl are killed. With the help of the North American police, Inspector Canovas discovers that Hilário's son, Antônio and his wife Vanda, had already returned to Brazil. The two are located in São Paulo and detained for investigation. At the police, Antônio confesses to Carlos, his brother-in-law, that he was responsible for his father's death. Based on these statements, Canovas concludes that the caretaker was murdered because he discovered that his son and brother-in-law made a living from various suspicious businesses and were acting outside the law.
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O Seminarista
Title: O Seminarista
Character: Padre Diretor
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: A Volta de Beto Rockfeller
Character: Aluísio
Released: March 26, 1973
Type: TV
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Janaína - A Virgem Proibida
Title: Janaína - A Virgem Proibida
Character: Raul
Released: December 20, 1972
Type: Movie
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A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Title: A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Released: August 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Erotic comedy in two segments: in the first, a candidate running for mayor of a small town pays a visit to the most coveted woman in town, just to show off his manhood. In the other, three couples have fun in a different sort of New Year's eve party, but not according to their plans.
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Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
Title: Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
Character: Rodolfo
Released: December 6, 1971
Type: Movie
A mechanic who wants to become a race car pilot has his great opportunity when he has to take the place of another pilot who had suffered an accident.
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A Arte de Amar Bem
Title: A Arte de Amar Bem
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Beto Rockefeller
Title: Beto Rockefeller
Character: Fotógrafo do parque
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the successful Brazilian TV series "Beto Rockefeller". Beto is a cunning poor man who pretends to be rich, using his congeniality and lack of morals to mix among rich people.
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Brazil Year 2000
Title: Brazil Year 2000
Released: November 21, 1969
Type: Movie
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 integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket.
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Time of Violence
Title: Time of Violence
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals.
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Capitu
Title: Capitu
Released: November 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.
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The Man Who Bought the World
Title: The Man Who Bought the World
Character: Primeiro Ministro
Released: September 16, 1968
Type: Movie
In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.
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Desesperato
Title: Desesperato
Released: March 17, 1968
Type: Movie
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerrilla force with serious consequences.
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The Case of the Naves Brothers
Title: The Case of the Naves Brothers
Character: Joaquim Naves
Released: May 30, 1967
Type: Movie
After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit while their wives are raped.
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O Anjo Assassino
Title: O Anjo Assassino
Released: May 23, 1967
Type: Movie
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Cristo de Lama
Title: Cristo de Lama
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
The story of Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the famed Brazilian sculptor and architect born in the 17th century who became known as "Aleijadinho".
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The Obsessed of Catulé
Title: The Obsessed of Catulé
Character: Joaquim
Released: May 21, 1965
Type: Movie
In the Brazilian countryside, poor sharecroppers join a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to persecute those who do not pay absolute obeisance.