Cast: Norma Bengell

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Norma Bengell. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Given Word (Keeper of Promises)

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Brazil

Direction Anselmo Duarte

Cast Norma Bengell · Leonardo Villar · Glória Menezes · Dionísio Azevedo

Plot A poor man named Ze living in rural Brazilian values his donkey above all else. When it takes ill, Ze prays for its recovery and promises God that he will...

7.4

597 votes

7.4

597 votes

Mafioso

1962 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

Direction Alberto Lattuada

Cast Alberto Sordi · Norma Bengell · Gabriella Conti · Ugo Attanasio

Plot A long-lost comic classic from the Golden Age of Italian cinema, lovingly restored to its original glory. The incomparable Alberto Sordi gives one of his finest performances as Antonio Badalamenti,...

7.2

322 votes

7.2

322 votes

Eros... the Bizarre

1964 · Movie · 93 min. · Brazil

Direction Walter Hugo Khouri

Cast Norma Bengell · Odete Lara · Mário Benvenutti · Gabriele Tinti

Plot Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and...

6.8

32 votes

6.8

32 votes

The Unscrupulous Ones

1962 · Movie · 100 min. · Brazil

6.4

39 votes

6.4

39 votes

Taboo

1982 · Movie · 95 min. · Brazil

Direction Júlio Bressane

Cast Caetano Veloso · Colé Santana · José Lewgoy · Norma Bengell

Plot The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine Babo and inconoclast poet and playwright Oswald de Andrade.

6.3

23 votes

6.3

23 votes

Hellbenders

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Sergio Corbucci

Cast Joseph Cotten · Julián Mateos · Norma Bengell · Ángel Aranda

Plot An ex-Confederate and his sons plan to use stolen money as a way to revive the Confederacy.

5.9

163 votes

5.9

163 votes

The Age of the Earth

1980 · Movie · 150 min. · Brazil

Direction Glauber Rocha

Cast Maurício do Valle · Jece Valadão · Antonio Pitanga · Tarcísio Meira

Plot A controversial film by journalist, critic, and filmmaker Glauber Rocha who is the founder of the Brazilian Cinema Novo. Because his movies were banned in his native country due to...

5.8

110 votes

5.8

110 votes

Planet of the Vampires

1965 · Movie · 86 min. · Italy

Direction Mario Bava

Cast Barry Sullivan · Norma Bengell · Ángel Aranda · Evi Marandi

Plot In the near future the two spaceships Argos and Galliot are sent to investigate the mysterious planet Aura. As the Galliot lands on the planet her crew suddenly go berserk...

5.8

984 votes

5.8

984 votes

Sea of Roses

1978 · Movie · 99 min. · Brazil

Direction Ana Carolina

Cast Norma Bengell · Otávio Augusto · Myriam Muniz · Ary Fontoura

Plot Woman runs away having the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of bizarre events.

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The Murdered House

1971 · Movie · 103 min. · Brazil

Direction Paulo Cesar Saraceni

Cast Rubens Araújo · Norma Bengell · Nelson Dantas · Joseph Guerreiro

Plot Newly wed arrives at her husband's family house, in the country. The heavy atmosphere of the house frightens her, and she takes refuge in her homosexual son-in-law's room, who is...

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The Suns of Easter Island

1972 · Movie · 90 min. · France

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The Angel Was Born

1969 · Movie · 90 min. · Brazil

Direction Júlio Bressane

Cast Norma Bengell · Hugo Carvana · Neville de Almeida · Maria Gladys

Plot Urtiga and Santamaria are two mean, sadistic and cold blood killers. Santamaria claims that he has seen an angel, and is very mystic. They escape from the police siege in...

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Gods and the Dead

1970 · Movie · 97 min. · Brazil

Direction Ruy Guerra

Cast Norma Bengell · Othon Bastos · Ítala Nandi · Nelson Xavier

Plot In the 1930's, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who had already been shot 7 times, gets involved in the battle...

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O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil

1971 · Movie · 80 min. · Brazil

Direction Antônio Calmon

Cast Cláudio Marzo · Norma Bengell · Suzana de Moraes · Hugo Carvana

Plot Successful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil.

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Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil

2003 · Documentary · 80 min. · Brazil

Direction Silvio Tendler

Cast Camila Amado · Jorge Amado · Paulo Autran · Bruno Barreto

Plot Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the movement called "Cinema Novo", with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.

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As Confissões de Frei Abóbora

1971 · Movie · 110 min. · Brazil

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Assim era a Atlântida

1975 · Documentary · 105 min. · Brazil

Direction Carlos Manga

Cast Anselmo Duarte · Cyl Farney · Grande Otélo · Fada Santoro

Plot Anthology of scenes from Brazilian musicals of old (1949-1959), focusing on films from the main studio specializing in the genre, Atlântida.

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La ballata dei mariti

1963 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

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O Palácio dos Anjos

1970 · Movie · 96 min. · Brazil

Direction Walter Hugo Khouri

Cast Geneviève Grad · Luc Merenda · Rossana Ghessa · Adriana Prieto

Plot Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", securing money and success, but...

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The Myth

1965 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy

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