A Severa (film)

A Severa
A Severa
	Poster for the film
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	17 July 1931 (Portugal)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Portugal
Language	Portuguese

A Severa is a Portuguese 1931 film, directed by Leitão de Barros, famous for being the first Portuguese all-talking sound film,^[1] a biopic of the fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana, known as A Severa, based on the play by Júlio Dantas.^[2]

Cast

Dina Teresa as Maria Severa Orofriana 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

The film was shot in Paris.^[3]

Legacy

The film is rarely seen today, and doesn't have the popularity of other films of the 1930s, seen as the golden era of Portuguese cinema. Maria Severa Onofriana is often mentioned in fado songs today.^[4]

References

^ Creekmur, Corey (1 January 2012). International Film Musical. Edinburgh University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7486-3478-1.
^ 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.
^ Shahriari, Andrew (16 October 2015). Popular World Music. Routledge. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-317-34538-1.

External links

A Severa at IMDb

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[Creekmur2012-1] Creekmur, Corey (1 January 2012). International Film Musical. Edinburgh University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7486-3478-1.

[Cajão1973-2] Cajão, Luís (1973). O salto de cavalo (in Portuguese). Edições Ágora.

[Aitken2013-3] Aitken, Ian (4 January 2013). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. p. 734. ISBN 978-1-136-51206-3.

[Shahriari2015-4] Shahriari, Andrew (16 October 2015). Popular World Music. Routledge. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-317-34538-1.

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