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The Jew

5.8 90 mins Drama   1996
Director(s): Jom Tob Azulay

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.

Casts of The Jew

Felipe Pinheiro

as António José da Silva

Dina Sfat

as Lourença Coutinho

José Lewgoy

as D. Nuno da Cunha

Mário Viegas

as D. João V

José Neto

as D. Marcos

Edwin Luisi

as Alexandre de Gusmão

Fernanda Torres

as Brites

Ruy de Carvalho

as Padre Pantoja

Cristina Aché

as Leonor

Sinde Filipe

as Marquis of Alegrete

Sérgio Godinho

as António Teixeira

Curado Ribeiro

as Bispo D. Teotónio

Ruth Escobar

as D. Maria Ana

Cândido Ferreira

as Priest in the Bar

Laura Soveral

as Maria Coutinho

João Grosso

as D. Manuel

Rogério Paulo

as Promotor Santo Ofício

Varela Silva

as José Mendes da Silva

Alexandre de Sousa

as Priest

Canto e Castro

as Pregador

Fabio Junqueira

as Luis Barbuda

André Gomes

as Mordomo-mor

Amílcar Botica

as Bishop

Pedro Efe

as Warden

Filipe Ferrer

as Financial Secretary

João Maria Pinto

as Bartender

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