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The Daughter of the Lawyer

7.5 average rating
★★★★★
7.5
No Language / 92 MIN. / 1926

The Genres

The Synopsis

In Recife, Dr. Paulo is an important lawyer that has a daughter, Heloísa, with his paramour and living in the country. A few days before traveling to Europe, Dr. Paulo asks to a close friend to bring Heloísa to Recife. Meanwhile, his bohemian and irresponsible son Helvécio meets Heloísa, and without knowing that she is his sister, he tries to rape her, and she kills him. Heloísa is arrested and goes to trial without any evidence to prove that she self-defended her honor.

The Cast

Norberto TeixeiraGuiomar TeixeiraEuclides JardimJ. SoaresOliria SalgadoFerreira CastroSeverino StevesAdelita MonteiroJasmelina OliveiraNorma SalesLuis MarquesValderez de SouzaPedro SalgadoOlegário AzevedoZacarias SouzaPedro NevesDemétrio AgeMário LimaCreusa AlbuquerqueAdamastor GuerraMoacir CamposPedro CarvalhoAlvaro GomesFred JúniorDustan MacielPepino MacielDiamantina MenezesCarmen NolascoDurval NunesSizenanda Pavão

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