Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas (1978)

Directed by

Adriano Stuart

Genre

comedy film, science fiction film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

L

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Brazilian comedy group makes a parody of Star Wars. It follows four bumbling heroes as they try to stop a dark villain and save a princess in space. The movie is full of goofy costumes and slapstick jokes.

sillylow-budgetfungoofylightheartedslapstickcampyfast-paced

What happens

Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas (lit: The Bunglers in the War of the Planets) is a 1978 Brazilian parody film directed by Adriano Stuart. It is the thirteenth film of the Brazilian comedy group Os Trapalhões, starring Renato Aragão, Manfried Sant'Anna, Antonio Carlos Gomes, and Mauro Gonçalves. The film is a parody of the American film Star Wars. Outside of Brazil, mainly in English-speaking countries, this film is known by the suggestive title of Brazilian Star Wars. It features characters resembling Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Stormtroopers. Guerra dos Planetas marks Faccio's first appearance in a film as his character Zacarias. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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