Leonel Brizola
Birthday
1922/01/22
Day of death
2004/06/21 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Biography
Leonel de Moura Brizola (22 January 1922 – 21 June 2004) was a Brazilian politician. Launched into politics by Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas in the 1930–1950s, Brizola was the only politician to serve as elected governor of two Brazilian states. An engineer by training, Brizola organized the youth wing of the Brazilian Labour Party and served as state representative for Rio Grande do Sul and mayor of its capital, Porto Alegre. In 1958 he was elected governor and subsequently played a major ...Read more
Acting
(1993) Beyond Citizen Kane
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(1984) Jango
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(2022) Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
as Self (archive footage)
(2013) Dossiê Jango
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(1984) O Evangelho Segundo Teotônio
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(2007) Brizola - Tempos de Luta
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(2004) 1964: 40 Years After
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(1985) Muda Brasil
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(2012) The Day That Lasted 21 Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) Zona Eleitoral
as Self (Archive Footage)
(1989) 1º de Abril, Brasil
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(2014) Democracia em Preto e Branco
as Himself (Archive Footage)
(1997) The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes
as Himself
(2013) Darcy, um Brasileiro
as Self
(2024) Brizola, Anotações para uma História
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(2019) Matheus Schdmit, um caso de amor pelo Brasil
as Arquivo
(2008) Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) Brizola
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(2025) Legacy of Silence: The Remnants of the Military Dictatorship in Porto Alegre
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Invencíveis
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(2019) 1964: Brazil between weapons and books
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(2025) 1961
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(2025) Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter
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