'' Gigolete'' is a 1924
Brazil
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ian silent
drama film
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directed by Vittorio Verga. Most of the film has been destroyed with age although about 2 minutes of the finale has been restored today.
The film premiered in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
on 4 June 1924.
Cast
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Amélia de Oliveira as Liz
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Augusto Aníbal
Augusto Aníbal (1887–1965) was a Brazilian film actor and singer.
In film he starred in over 15 pictures between 1923 and 1952 although his career appeared to develop in two different periods. He appeared in some of the hits of the 1920s ma ...
as Maneco
*Jaime Costa as Alvaro
*Arthur Oliveira as Dr. Elzeman
*Artur de Oliveira Júnior
*M. Arrisagna
*Eugênia Brasão
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Aurora Fúlgida
*Maria Grilo
*José Loureiro
*Teixeira Pinto
*Adelina Simi
*Leonel Simi
*Luiza Valle
*Célia Zanatti
External links
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1924 films
Brazilian black-and-white films
Brazilian silent films
1924 drama films
Brazilian drama films
Lost Brazilian films
1924 lost films
Lost drama films
Silent drama films
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