The Drunkard (1946)
O Ébrio
The human story of a man who loved and suffered
A good-hearted man, betrayed by his wife and friends, fakes his death and takes up a new identity, as a nameless, wandering drunkard.
- Date of release
- 1946-08-28
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Director
- Gilda de Abreu
Casting
- Vicente Celestino — Gilberto Silva
- Alice Archambeau — Marieta
- Rodolfo Arena — José
- Walter D'Ávila — Primo Rêgo
- Manoel Vieira — Ébrio amigo
- Victor Drumond — Padre Simão
- Júlia Dias — Lola
- José Mafra — Primo Leão
- Marilú Dantas — Salomé
- Jacy de Oliveira — Maria das Neves
- Luiz Braga Jr. — Narrador
Interesting facts
O Ébrio is a 1946 Brazilian film directed by Gilda de Abreu. The screenplay is based on a song by Vicente Celestino. In addition to being the first female director of a Brazilian sound film, the movie enjoyed both commercial and critical success, garnering about 4 million viewers between 1946 and 1950. It is still regarded as "one of the great successes of Brazilian Cinema", according to film historian João Luiz Vieira.
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