"A Cabana do Pai Tomás" (1969) TV series

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Directors:

Walter Campos
Régis Cardoso

Writers:

Harriet Beecher Stowe (novel) and
Sérgio Cardoso (writer)

Release Date:

9 July 1969 (Brazil)

Plot:

Story of good-hearted slave Pai Tomás and his wife Cloé, being successively sold to cruel masters, having as backdrop the conflicts between landowners and slaves in the American South, during the Civil War.

Plot Keywords:

Uncle Tom's Cabin | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Sérgio Cardoso	...	Pai Tomás / Abraham Lincoln / Dimitrius
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gésio Amadeu	...	Sam
Luiz Américo	...	Mr. St.Clair
Ivete Bonfá	...	Cláudia
Lola Brah	...	Condesa
Isaura Bruno	...	Bessie
Felipe Carone	...	Arquibaldo
Maria Luíza Castelli	...	Ofélia
Jorge Coutinho	...	Angelus
Terezinha Cubana	...	Pig
Haroldo de Oliveira	...	Jonas
Ruth de Souza	...	Cloé
Toríbio dos Santos
Dalmo Ferreira	...	Sambo
Germano Filho	...	Natalieh
Norah Fontes	...	Jessica
Érico Freitas	...	George
Ednei Giovenazzi	...	Legree
Milton Gonçalves
Paulo Goulart	...	Pierre St.Clair
Isabella
Clara Lee	...	Eleonora
Eloísa Mafalda	...	Emily
Nívea Maria	...	Elisa
Rachel Martins	...	Marta
Renato Master	...	David
Miriam Mehler	...	Bárbara
Jonas Mello
Ruth Mota
Macedo Neto
Turíbio Ruiz	...	Mr. Shelby
Vinícius Salvatori
Jacyra Silva	...	Cassie
Antônio Victor

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Black and White

Company:

Rede Globo de Televisão

Trivia:

The series' star, Sérgio Cardoso, was criticized at the time for playing a black character, having to paint his body with cork, while there were good black actors who could have played the part.

Movie Connections:

Version of Capanna dello zio Tom, La (1918)