''Minas Conspiracy'' (Portuguese: ''Inconfidência Mineira'') is a 1948 Brazilian

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

directed by

Carmen Santos Carmen Santos (8 June 1904 – 24 September 1952) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian actress and film producer. Santos began acting at the age of fifteen, and started producing films from 1930 onwards with ''Blood of Minas Gerais''. She founded her ...

and starring Santos,

Rodolfo Mayer Rodolfo Mayer (February 4, 1910 – January 1, 1985) was a Brazilian actor.Flórido p.146 He appeared in more than forty films and television series during his career. Selected filmography * ''Minas Conspiracy Minas or MINAS may refer to: Peo ...

and Roberto Lupo. The film portrays the 1789

Inconfidência Mineira Inconfidência Mineira (; "Minas Gerais Conspiracy") was an unsuccessful separatist movement in Brazil in 1789. It was the result of a confluence of external and internal causes in what was then colonial Brazil. The external inspiration was th ...

, an unsuccessful attempt by some inhabitants of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

to declare independence from

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. The film was produced by Brasil Vita Filmes, an

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

studio controlled by Santos, who directed the film.Marsh p.4

Partial cast

as Tiradentes *

as Bárbara Heliodora * Roberto Lupo *

Oswaldo Loureiro Oswaldo Loureiro (23 July 1932 – 3 February 2018) was a Brazilian film and television actor. Loureiro began his career as a child actor in the 1940s before moving on to adult roles. Loureiro was born in Rio de Janeiro. He died in São Paulo on ...

* Augusto R. Chaves * Antonia Marzullo *

Paulo Porto Paulo Porto (1 September 1917 – 3 July 1999) was a Brazilian actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 32 films and television shows between 1947 and 1988. He starred in the 1973 film ''All Nudity Shall Be Punished'' ...

References

Bibliography

* Marsh, Leslie. ''Brazilian Women's Filmmaking: From Dictatorship to Democracy''. University of Illinois Press, 2012.

External links

* 1940s historical drama films 1948 films Brazilian historical drama films Films set in 1789 Films set in Brazil 1940s Portuguese-language films Brazilian black-and-white films 1948 drama films {{1940s-Brazil-film-stub