From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Strange World of Coffin Joe
The Strange World of Coffin Joe
The Strange World of Coffin Joe formed by Edson Lopes and Brazilian Samba band Titu-
lares do Ritmo.[2]
The segments and cast
The Dollmaker (O Fabricante de Bonecas)
Original film poster
Directed by Jose Mojica Marins
Produced by Jose Mojica Marins
Scene from The Dollmaker
Written by Jose Mojica Marins A story about a local doll maker who is very popular
Rubens Francisco Luchetti
for realistic dolls, which are made by his four beautiful
Music by Beto Strada daughters. A group of robbers, overhearing that the doll
maker does not keep his money in a bank, proceed to at-
Cinematography Giorgio Attili
tack the old man in his shop. The doll maker seemingly
Editing by Eduardo Llorente faints during the attack and the attackers try to rape
his seductive daughters. Resistive at first, each of the
Distributed by Iberia Filmes
women begins to notice the "beautiful eyes" of the at-
Release date(s) November 25, 1968 tackers and become accepting and even encouraging of
Running time 80 min their advances. When the recovered dollmaker appears
in the room, each daughter quickly and silently takes
Country Brazil leave of their attackers, leaving them to be shot and
killed by their father. The following scenes reveal that
Language Portuguese
this is the technique by which the doll maker obtains the
realistic eyes for his dolls. (18 minutes)
The Strange World of Coffin Joe (original title: O Estranho
Cast: Vany Miller, Veronica Krimann, Paula Ramos,
Caixão)
Mundo de Zé do Caixão is a 1968 Brazilian horror film
Esmeralda Ruchel, Luís Sérgio Person, Mário Lima, Rosal-
by Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who is known
vo Caçador, Toni Cardi, Messias de Melo, Leila de Oliveira.
Joe).
by his alter ego Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe The
film is a collection of three short films titled O Fabri-
cante de Bonecas (The Dollmaker), Tara (Obsession), and Ide-
Obsession (Tara)
ologia (Theory). Despite the title, the character of Coffin A poor and unattractive balloon seller with a foot fetish
Joe does not appear in the film, and the film is not a part becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman who he sees
of the Coffin Joe trilogy (At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, This passing daily. He begins to follow her and observe her ac-
Night I Will Possess Your Corpse, and Embodiment of Evil).[1] tivities, when, watching her wedding, he sees her mur-
The hymn-like title song was written by Marins, and per- dered. After being turned away from her funeral, he later
returns and breaks into the mausoleum where her coffin
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Strange World of Coffin Joe
is placed. Opening the coffin, he removes her burial wed-
ding dress, has sex with the body and performs foot
References
fetishism. After redressing her, he places a pair of beau- [1] "O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão in IMDb" (in
tiful new shoes on her feet, shoes that the balloon seller English). IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/
retained after she dropped them while shopping, hoping tt0062943/. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
one day to return them to her. [2] "O Estranho Mundo do Ze do Caixao" (in
Cast: George Michel Serkeis, Iris Bruzzi, Arnaldo Portuguese). Casulo. 2006.
Brasil, Ana Maria, Pontes Santos, Antonia Siqueira, Guil- http://www2.uol.com.br/zedocaixao/cinema/
ermina Martins, Wilson dos Santos, Bettyr Dorffer, Luis 09_oestranho_mundo.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
Carlos Vianna.
Theory (Ideologia)
External links
• Official film site (Portuguese)
Psychotic professor Oãxiac Odéz (José Mojica Marins) in-
• O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão on Portal Heco de
vites a rival professor and his wife to his home, then im-
Cinema
prisons them and submits them into a series of sadistic
• O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão at the Internet Movie
ordeals, starvation, and displays of shocking rituals in-
Database
volving sadism and cannibalism, in an attempt to prove
• José Mojica Marins at the Internet Movie Database
that the instinct overcomes reason and love. (34 minutes)
Cast: José Mojica Marins, Osvaldo de Souza, Nidi Reis,
Nivaldo de Lima, Salvador do Amaral, Kátia Dumont,
Dario Santos, Carla Sotis, Jean Silva (Garret), Palito, Laér-
cio Laurelli (doubling as the voice of José Mojica Marins).
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Categories:
• 1968 films
• Brazilian films
• Portuguese-language films
• 1960s horror films
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