Minas Conspiracy (film)
1948 Brazilian film directed by Carmen Santos
Minas Conspiracy (Portuguese: Inconfidência Mineira) is a 1948 Brazilian historical film directed by Carmen Santos and starring Santos, Rodolfo Mayer, and Roberto Lupo. The film portrays the 1789 Inconfidência Mineira, an unsuccessful attempt by some inhabitants of Minas Gerais to declare independence from Portugal. The film was produced by Brasil Vita Filmes, an independent studio controlled by Santos, who directed the film.
Partial cast
Rodolfo Mayer as Tiradentes
Carmen Santos as Bárbara Heliodora
Roberto Lupo
Oswaldo Loureiro
Augusto R. Chaves
Antonia Marzullo
Paulo Porto
References
Bibliography
Marsh, Leslie. Brazilian Women's Filmmaking: From Dictatorship to Democracy. University of Illinois Press, 2012.
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