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;
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's famous for being the first Portuguese talking film.^[1] It is a biopic of the fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana,^[2] known as A Severa, based on the 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]

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.

[2] "FORUM MUNICIPAL LUÍSA TODI – SETÚBAL, SEGUNDA-FEIRA, 2 DE OUTUBRO, DE 2023 - 21H00" (PDF). FLT.

[Cajão1973-3] Cajão, Luís (1973). O salto de cavalo (in Portuguese). Edições Ágora.

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

[5] "Pedro G. Romero: Os Novos Babilónios — Atravessar a Fronteira & Filipe Marques: Pandemic — I Don't Know Karate, but I Know Ka-Razor!". Contemporânea.

[6] "A SEVERA".

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