O Crime de Cravinhos

O Crime de Cravinhos
O Crime de Cravinhos
Directed by	Arturo Carrari
Written by	Arturo Carrari
Produced by	Arturo Carrari, Gilberto Rossi, Fiorini Silva
Cinematography	Gilberto Rossi
Distributed by	São Paulo Natural Filmes
Release date	25 November 1920;
Country	Brazil
Language	Silent

O Crime de Cravinhos is a 1920 Brazilian mystery film directed by Arturo Carrari.^[1] The title translates to The Crime of Cravinhos, referring to a suburb of Sâo Paolo, Brazil. It is known as "the first great box office success of São Paulo cinema," and it gathered a group of followers around the director.^[2] Some sources say Italian-born Gilberto Rossi was the director, and not just the cinematographer.^[3]

Plot

The film is based on a real crime in Sǎo Paulo. Dona Sinhá Junqueira, the owner of a coffee farm in Ribeirão Preto, is said to have ordered the murder of her son-in-law.^[4]

Cast

Rodolfo Arena
Antônio de Camilles
Elvira de Camilles
Carmo Nacarato
Filippo Santoro
Fiorini Silva
Antônio Tagliaferro
Nicola Tartagliore
Humbertina Trimantini

External links

O Crime de Cravinhos at IMDb

References

↑ Gaudie Ley, E. E. (1921). "Alves Meira Júnior (Joâo)". Boletim Bibliographico da Bibliotheca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. IV (1–2): 40 – via The Internet Archive.
↑ Senador, Daniela Pinto (2008). Das Primeiras Experiências ao Fenômeno Zé do Caixão: Um Estudo sobre o Modo de Produção e a Recepção dos Filmes de José Mojica Marins entre 1953 e 1967 [From the First Experiments to the Phenomenon Zé do Caixão: A Study on the Mode of Production and the Reception of the Films of José Mojica Marins between 1953 and 1967] (in Portuguese). Sâo Paulo. p. 40.
↑ Abel, Richard (2005). "Rossi, Gilberto". Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.
↑ Prado Cardoso, Eduardo (2024). Enredar a Morte: Assassinatos Digitalizados no Brasil Dos Anos 2010 (PhD dissertation) [Ensnaring Death: Digitalized Murders in Brazil in the 2010s] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (Portugal). pp. 94–95.

[1] Gaudie Ley, E. E. (1921). "Alves Meira Júnior (Joâo)". Boletim Bibliographico da Bibliotheca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. IV (1–2): 40 – via The Internet Archive.

[2] Senador, Daniela Pinto (2008). Das Primeiras Experiências ao Fenômeno Zé do Caixão: Um Estudo sobre o Modo de Produção e a Recepção dos Filmes de José Mojica Marins entre 1953 e 1967 [From the First Experiments to the Phenomenon Zé do Caixão: A Study on the Mode of Production and the Reception of the Films of José Mojica Marins between 1953 and 1967] (in Portuguese). Sâo Paulo. p. 40.

[3] Abel, Richard (2005). "Rossi, Gilberto". Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.

[4] Prado Cardoso, Eduardo (2024). Enredar a Morte: Assassinatos Digitalizados no Brasil Dos Anos 2010 (PhD dissertation) [Ensnaring Death: Digitalized Murders in Brazil in the 2010s] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (Portugal). pp. 94–95.

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