Film

The King's Jester

1937 · 1h 35m · Comedy

A wealthy sugar mill owner, widowed and living with his only son, suffers from profound melancholy. To alleviate his suffering, he seeks entertainment in the form of any jerk willing to lend a hand. Among the many candidates his secretary presents to fill the "position", a certain "Penguin", who along with his sister "Picolé" lives on the favela hill under the protection of a kind Portuguese shopkeeper, completely pleases the "sovereign" of sugar. With "Penguin"'s entry into the court as the sugar king's "fool", great transformations take place in the home of the wealthy misanthrope.

Mesquitinha

Pinguim

Conchita de Moraes

Madame Larousse

Manoel Pera

Milionário

Déa Selva

Elisa

Augusto Henriques

Alberto

Wanda Marchetti

Elza

Nilza Magrassi

Darcy Cazarré

Sara Nobre

Rosina Pagã

Elvira Pagã

• MesquitinhaDirector
• Joracy CamargoScreenplay
• Wallace DowneyProducer

Release date

August 9, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Comedy