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Iracema (1917 film)

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Iracema
Directed byVittorio Capellaro
Written byVittorio Capellaro
Based onIracema
by José de Alencar
Produced byVittorio Capellaro
StarringIracema de Alencar
Vittorio Capellaro
CinematographyPaulo Benedetti
Production
company
Capellaro Filmes
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
CountryBrazil
LanguagesSilent
Portuguese intertitles

Iracema is a 1917 Brazilian silent historical film directed by Vittorio Capellaro and starring Iracema de Alencar in the title role. The film is an adaptation of José de Alencar's 1865 novel of the same title.[1] The story is set during the early contacts between European and Native Americans in what became Brazil. It was remade in 1949.

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References

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  1. ^ Johnson & Stam p.22

Bibliography

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  • Johnson, Randal & Stam, Robert. Brazilian Cinema. Columbia University Press, 1995,
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