''A Flea on the Scales'' (Portuguese: ''Uma Pulga na Balança'') is a 1953 Brazilian
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Luciano Salce
Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, television host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film ''Le pillole di Ercole'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the ...
and starring
Waldemar Wey,
Gilda Nery and
Geraldo José de Almeida.
[Molinterno p.289]
Cast
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Waldemar Wey as Dorival
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Gilda Nery as Dora
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Geraldo José de Almeida
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Vicente Leporace
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José Rubens
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Ruy Afonso
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Geraldo Ambrosi
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Francisco Arisa
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Paulo Autran
Paulo Paquet Autran (September 7, 1922 – October 12, 2007) was a Brazilian film and theater actor. His accomplishments during his life earned him the nickname, "Lord of the Stage."
Biography
Autran was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Septem ...
as Antenor
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Tito Livio Baccarin
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Jaime Barcellos
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Maurício Barroso
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Xandó Batista
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Célia Biar
Célia Regina Cruz, better known as Célia (September 8, 1947 September 29, 2017), was a Brazilian singer.
Career
Célia began her musical career on the TV show ''Um Instante, Maestro!'' in 1970, debuting her self-titled album, which was p ...
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Lola Brah as Bibi
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Luiz Calderaro as Carlos
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Dan Camara
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Nelson Camargo
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Benjamin Cattan
Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...
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Benedito Corsi
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Maria Augusta Costa Leite
* João Costa
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Armando Couto
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Antônio Dourado
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Kleber Menezes Dória
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Marcelo Fiori
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Antônio Fragoso
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João Franco
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Felício Fuchs
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Galileu Garcia
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João Batista Giotti
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Wanda Hamel
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John Herbert as Alberto
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Artur Herculano
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Roberto Lombardi
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Edith Lorena
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Labiby Madi
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Cavagnole Neto
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Lima Neto
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Antonio Olinto
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Geraldo Santos Pereira
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João Rosa
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Pilade Rossi
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Jesuíno Santos
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Mário Senna
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Erminio Spalla
Erminio Spalla (7 July 1897 – 14 August 1971) was an Italian professional heavyweight boxer, film actor and singer.
Spalla studied fine arts in Brera, when in 1910 he saw film footage of the world boxing championships and decided to become a ...
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Vicente Spalla
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Maria Luiza Splendore
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Michael Stoll
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Mário Sergio as Juvenal
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Francisco Tamura
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Francisco Taricano
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Eva Wilma
Eva Wilma Buckup (; 14 December 1933 – 15 May 2021) was a Brazilian actress and dancer. Among her several roles, she starred in the 1950s Brazilian television series '' Alô, Doçura!''.
Biography
Eva Wilma was born in São Paulo. Her father, ...
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Fausto Zip
References
Bibliography
* Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1953 comedy films
1953 films
Brazilian comedy films
1950s Portuguese-language films
Films directed by Luciano Salce
Brazilian black-and-white films
Films scored by Enrico Simonetti
1950s Brazilian films
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