A Severa (film)
Appearance
A Severa | |
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Directed by | José Leitão de Barros |
Written by | Júlio Dantas J. Bernard Brunius René Clair |
Starring | Dina Teresa António Luis Lopes Antonio Lavradio Ribeiro Lopes |
Cinematography | Salazar Dinis Paul Guichard |
Music by | Frederico de Freitas |
Distributed by | Imaginação Video e Televisão Lisvendas Audio e Video |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Portugal |
Language | Portuguese |
A Severa (lit. 'The stern/grave one') is a 1931 Portuguese film directed by Leitão de Barros. It is the first Portuguese talking film.[1] A biopic of the fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana,[2] known as A Severa, it is based on a play by Júlio Dantas.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Dina Teresa as Maria Severa Onofriana dita A Severa
- António Luis Lopes as Dom João, Count of Marialva
- Antonio Lavradio (D. António de Almeida Portugal, 10th Count of Avintes) as Dom José
- Ribeiro Lopes as Judge
- Silvestre Alegrim as Timpanas, Coach Driver
- Costinha as Marquis of Seide (as Augusto Costa)
- Antonio Fagim as Romão, Landlord
- Patrício Álvares as Diogo
- Eduardo Dores as Gypsy
- Oliveira Martins as The Duke
Production
[edit]The film was shot in Paris.[4]
Legacy
[edit]A severa was included in the film series for the New Babilonians. Crossing the Border exhibition, curated by Pedro G. Romero, which took place at the Galeria Municipal do Porto in September-November 2021.[5] A Severa was part of the 2023 "A Brief History of Portuguese Cinema" screenings in Setúbal.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Creekmur, Corey (1 January 2012). International Film Musical. Edinburgh University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7486-3478-1.
- ^ "FORUM MUNICIPAL LUÍSA TODI – SETÚBAL, SEGUNDA-FEIRA, 2 DE OUTUBRO, DE 2023 - 21H00" (PDF). FLT.
- ^ Cajão, Luís (1973). O salto de cavalo (in Portuguese). Edições Ágora.
- ^ Aitken, Ian (4 January 2013). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. p. 734. ISBN 978-1-136-51206-3.
- ^ "Pedro G. Romero: Os Novos Babilónios — Atravessar a Fronteira & Filipe Marques: Pandemic — I Don't Know Karate, but I Know Ka-Razor!". Contemporânea.
- ^ "A SEVERA".
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1931 films
- Portuguese biographical drama films
- 1930s Portuguese-language films
- Films based on Portuguese novels
- Films set in Portugal
- Films directed by José Leitão de Barros
- Portuguese black-and-white films
- 1930s biographical drama films
- 1931 drama films
- 1930s rediscovered films
- Films about Romani people
- Biographical film stubs
- Portuguese film stubs