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Pelé: The Unknown King (2017)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 39M

Director : Ernesto Rodrigues

Synopsis

Surprising stories, preserved in foreign archives, from the debut of the prodigy boy at the World Cup in 58 until the farewell in New York, with Pelé's on the field and outside the “four lines” filmed by foreigners in Brazil, Europe, the Americas and the Oceania.

Actors

Pelé
Pelé
Self (archive footage)

Crews

Ernesto Rodrigues
Ernesto Rodrigues
Director
Ernesto Rodrigues
Ernesto Rodrigues
Writer
Paulo Rubens Sampaio
Paulo Rubens Sampaio
Writer
Pedro Pedreira
Pedro Pedreira
Production Executive
Tadeu Lopes Rodrigues
Tadeu Lopes Rodrigues
Production Executive
Alicia Lerer
Alicia Lerer
Producer
Paulo Rubens Sampaio
Paulo Rubens Sampaio
Producer
Pedro Pedreira
Pedro Pedreira
Producer
Stephany Bizzo
Stephany Bizzo
Producer
Tadeu Lopes Rodrigues
Tadeu Lopes Rodrigues
Producer
Thiago Maia
Thiago Maia
Editor
Márcio Zavareze
Márcio Zavareze
Director of Photography
Uirá Fornaciari
Uirá Fornaciari
Director of Photography

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