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GenreDrama Music byFrederico de Freitas LanguagePortuguese
WriterJ. Bernard Brunius, Rene Clair Release date17 July 1931 (Portugal) ScreenplayRene Clair, J. Bernard Brunius Similar moviesJose Leitao de Barros directed A Severa and Maria do Mar
Filme portugues 1931 a severa
A Severa is a Portuguese 1931 film, directed by Leitão de Barros, famous for being the first Portuguese all-talking sound film, a biopic of the fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana, known as A Severa, based on the novel by Júlio Dantas.
Dina Teresa as Maria Severa Orofriana dita A Severa
António Luis Lopes as Don João, Count of Marialva
Antonio Lavradio as Don 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.
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.