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Synopsis

A documentary about Joao Guimaraes Rosa's stay in Nazi Germany. The film captures the experience of the Brazilian vice-consul in Hamburg between 1938 and 1942, at the height of the Nazi regime and during the first years of the World War II. Using his writings from that time, as well as archive pictures, documents, survivors testimonies, and an unpublished interview with him, the film reveals new biographical aspects of one of the greatest writers in Brazilian history.

Cast

Guimarães Rosa

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Camera

• Jacob Solitrenick Director of Photography
• Thomas Keller Camera Operator
• Yoliswa Gärtig Camera Operator
• Roberto Reyes Camera Operator
• Adrian Cooper Camera Operator

Directing

• Soraia Vilela Director
• Adriana Jacobsen Director

Editing

• Isabela Monteiro de Castro Editor

Production

• Beatriz Lindenberg Producer
• Beth Formaggini Producer

Sound

• O Grivo Original Music Composer

Writing

• Adriana Jacobsen Writer
• Soraia Vilela Writer