Film
The Mystery of the Black Domino
Brazil- Director
- Cleo de Verberena
- Year
- 1931
"The Mystery of the Black Domino" was the first film directed in Brazil by a woman, the pioneer Cleo de Verberena. Marcos and Virgílio are medical students and share the same room. At the end of the first night of carnaval, Marcos finds the corpse of a woman, dressed as a black domino, inside the closet and accuses Virgílio of murder. Virgílio defends himself by saying that that was Cleo, wife of Commander Fernando Almeida, and that he found her in the corso asking for help, but Marcos questions Virgílio about the veracity of the story. Lost Film.
Top cast
Directed by
Cleo de Verberena
Written by
Canuto Mendes de Almeida
Produced by
Laes Mac Reni
