Leonel Brizola
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday22 January 1922
Died21 June 2004 (age 82)
Place of birthCarazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Known credits24
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 role in thwarting a first coup attempt by sectors of the armed forces in 1961, who wished to stop Jo…
Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Legacy of Silence: The Remnants of the Military Dictatorship in Porto Alegre
2025 · Leonel Brizola
1961
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Brizola, Anotações para uma História
2024
Brizola
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Matheus Schdmit, um caso de amor pelo Brasil
2019 · Arquivo
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
2019 · Himself
Democracia em Preto e Branco
2014 · Himself (Archive Footage)
Dossiê Jango
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Darcy, um Brasileiro
2013 · Self
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Brizola - Tempos de Luta
2007
1964: 40 Years After
2004
The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes
1997 · Himself
Beyond Citizen Kane
1993 · Self
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
1992 · Self (archive footage)
Zona Eleitoral
1990 · Self (Archive Footage)
1º de Abril, Brasil
1989
Muda Brasil
1985 · Self
Jango
1984 · Self
O Evangelho Segundo Teotônio
1984
Invencíveis
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