Pé na Tábua

O Petróleo é Nosso

1954

A lady, owner of a large area of land where it is believed there are several oil wells, is almost fooled by the president of a pseudo petroleum company into giving up her property for nothing, but is saved by his son's noble intervention.

Treze Cadeiras

1957

Mujeres de fuego

1958

Carnival on Mars

1955

A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet.

Panca de Valente

1968

Western spoof. Depicts the conflict between the leader of a gang of country bandits and his former protégé, now a police officer.

Uma Certa Lucrécia

1957

Está Tudo Aí!

1939

An elderly head of the family, unlike his family—wife, daughters, future son-in-law, and servants—horrifies Carnaval, forming a humorous contrast. But, in need of money, he finds himself forced to accept the demands of an old Luzitano, who will only lend him money if he joins his group and joins the revelry.

Aviso aos Navegantes

1950

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 in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.

Carnaval Atlântida

1952

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.

The Man of The Sputnik

1959

An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop.

Rio Fantasia

1956

Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.

... E O Mundo Se Diverte

1949

É com Este que Eu Vou

1948

A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness.

De Pernas Pro Ar

1957

A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company.

Shut Up, Etelvina

1958

Alligator raiser from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, travels to his nephew's, and takes the maid Etelvina for his nephew's wife.