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'''Um Crime Sensacional''' ('''A Sensational Crime''' in English), also known as '''O Crime de Paula Matos''' and '''O Hediondo Crime de Paula Matos''', is a 1913 Brazilian film directed by Paulino Botelho. The film was released at Cinema São Pedro in Rio de Janeiro, and shown at Cinema Variedades, in São Paulo, on August 29, 1913.<ref name=cinemateca>[https://bases.cinemateca.org.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID=001349&format=detailed.pft#1 Um Crime Sensacional article on Cinemateca Brasileira.]</ref>

Following the trend of all world production, this was another film based on a true crime chronicle, based on the murder of industrialist Adolfo Freire by gardener Augusto Henriques, which took place in Rio de Janeiro<ref name=dicionario>.[https://www.google.com.br/books/edition/Dicion%C3%A1rio_Jurandyr_Noronha_de_cinema_b/FBHTQgAACAAJ Book Dicionário Jurandyr Noronha de cinema brasileiro.]</ref>

==Main Cast==
*Antonio Ramos as Augusto Henriques
*Mario Aroso as Adolfo Freire

==Availability==
No copy of Um Crime Sensacional survives, only 1 image from the film is known, which was placed in the magazine "Cinemin".

It is not known whether the film was a "sound" film, that is, with actors dubbing themselves live behind the screen based on already recorded images. The only proof that the film could be a sound film is a 1913 song called "O Crime de Paula Matos" by Joaquim Pacheco, which may have been used in the sound versions of the film. This song is currently lost<ref name=song>[https://discografiabrasileira.com.br/fonograma/185808/o-crime-de-paula-matos The song was probably used in the supposed sound version of the film.]</ref>.

==See Also==
===Brazilian Films===
*[[Acabaram-se os Otários (partially found Brazilian comedy film; 1929)]]
*[[Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo (found Brazilian documentary film; 1918-1920)]]
*[[Apuros do Genésio (found Brazilian comedy short film; 1940)]]
*[[Augusto Aníbal Quer Casar (lost Brazilian comedy film; 1923)]]
*[[Barcarola (lost Brazilian film; 1908)]]
*[[Hei de Vencer (partially found Brazilian drama film; 1924)]]
*[[Luiz de Barros (partially found films from Brazilian director; 1916-1977)]]
*[[Nhô Anastácio Chegou de Viagem (lost Brazilian first comedy film; 1908)]]
*[[O Kaiser (lost Brazilian first animated film; 1917)]]
*[[Os Óculos do Vovô (partially found Brazilian film; 1913)]]
*[[Presente de Natal (partially found Brazilian animated film; 1971)]]
*[[Um Bravo do Nordeste (lost Brazilian western film; 1931)]]
*[[Uma Encrenca no Olimpo (lost unreleased Brazilian comedy film; 1929)]]
*[[Vittorio Di Maio (lost films from Italian director; existence unconfirmed; 1897)]]
*[[Vocação Irresistível (lost Brazilian comedy short film; 1924)]]

==References==
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