Hei de Vencer (partially found Brazilian drama film; 1924)
Hei de Vencer (I'm Going to Win in English) is a 1924 Brazilian drama film directed by Luiz de Barros. The film featured Anésia Pinheiro Machado, a very famous aviator at the time. Premiered on December 24, 1924 at the Cinema Parisiense.[1]
It was a co-production between Guanabara Filme from Rio do Janeiro and Pátria Filme from São Paulo. It was sold to the Uruguayan distributor Robert Natalini, for exhibition throughout the Latin American market.[2]
Main Cast
- Paulo Sulis as Alberto Junqueira
- Antonio Sorrentino as Ernesto Guimarães
- Manoel F. Araújo as Jaime Fonseca
Plot
Night guard Alberto, whose greatest ambition was to be a reporter, tries to clear a friend accused of a crime. With the help of his friend Ernesto, he investigates the events linked to the crime and is pursued by the real criminal.
Jaime, the bandit, before dying confesses to the crime, after a plane chase in which he fell to the ground, with Ernesto in pursuit. Ernesto had moved from one plane to another, using a rope ladder and managed to stay attached to the plane's wings, saving himself. The film also featured airplane stunt scenes.[3]
Availability
It was believed that only images from the film had survived, but in the documentary "Anésia - Um Voo No Tempo" fragments of a mysterious fictional film about airplanes are shown, after an analysis, it was concluded that the fragments were from Hei de Vencer.
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See Also
Luiz de Barros
- Acabaram-se os Otários (partially found Brazilian comedy film; 1929)
- Augusto Aníbal Quer Casar (lost Brazilian comedy film; 1923)
- Luiz de Barros (partially found films from Brazilian director; 1916-1977)
- Uma Encrenca no Olimpo (lost unreleased Brazilian comedy film; 1929)
- Vocação Irresistível (lost Brazilian comedy short film; 1924)
Brazilian Films
- Amazonas, o Maior Rio do Mundo (found Brazilian documentary film; 1918-1920)
- Apuros do Genésio (found Brazilian comedy short film; 1940)
- Barcarola (lost Brazilian film; 1908)
- 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)
- Um Crime Sensacional (lost Brazilian drama film; 1913)
- Vittorio Di Maio (lost films from Italian director; existence unconfirmed; 1897)