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The Jew (1996)
Directed by Jom Tob Azulay
Drama · 1h 30m
The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.
Cast
Felipe Pinheiro
António José da Silva
Dina Sfat
Lourença Coutinho
José Lewgoy
D. Nuno da Cunha
Mário Viegas
D. João V
José Neto
D. Marcos
Edwin Luisi
Alexandre de Gusmão
Fernanda Torres
Brites
Ruy de Carvalho
Padre Pantoja
Cristina Aché
Leonor
S
Sinde Filipe
Marquis of Alegrete
Sérgio Godinho
António Teixeira
Curado Ribeiro
Bispo D. Teotónio
Crew
- Director
- Jom Tob Azulay
- Screenplay
- Millor Fernandes, Gilvan Pereira, Geraldo Carneiro
- Director of Photography
- Eduardo Serra
- Editor
- Ruy Guerra, José Manuel de S. Lopes, Pedro Ribeiro
- Producer
- Cláudio Kahns, Jom Tob Azulay
Details
- Original title
- O Judeu
- Release date
- 1996-01-16
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil, Portugal
- Production
- Tatu Filmes, Embrafilme, Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual