
ThefamousBrazilianproducerCecílioB.DeMilho(RenatoRestier)wantstoproduceanepicaboutHelenofTroy.HehiresthegreatprofessorofGreekhistoryXenofontes(Oscarito)towritethescreenplay,buthisfamilyandcrewwantstomakeaBrazilianmusicalcomedy.Meanwhile,afakecountwantstomarryhisnephewtobetheleadactorofHelenofTroy.<br/> The"CarnavalAtlantida"heisoneofthebiggestfilmsonthecarnival.Ithasinnumerablemusicalnumbers,allisspectacular!Thecastisfantastic,andcountsonthepresenceofMariaAntonietaPons,aCubandancer.TheAtlantidajoinedOscarito,Colé,GrandeOteloandElianaforthefirsttime,result:Thefilmifleftsuperintheticketoffices,beingthustheperfectformulaforagoodfilmwell.Thefilmwellisdirectedandwell-takencareofbyJoseCarlosBurle.ApaperofprominenceinthisfilmwasoftheactorJoseLewgoy.ItinterpretedtheCondeVerdura,choferofrich,butveryput.ItspersonagewasbasedonCarlitosofChaplin.CarlosMangaitinitiateditscinematographiccareerinthisfilmdirectingthemusicalnumber"AlguémcomoTu"ofDickFarney.Thedirectorwhointhefutureifwouldbecomedirectorofgreatfilms,asto"MatarouCorrer"(1954)and"OHomemdoSputnik"(1959),hehadmanyideasatthetime.

