A Severa (film)

A Severa
Poster for the film
Directed byJosé Leitão de Barros
Written byJúlio Dantas
J. Bernard Brunius
René Clair
StarringDina Teresa
António Luis Lopes
Antonio Lavradio
Ribeiro Lopes
CinematographySalazar Dinis
Paul Guichard
Music byFrederico de Freitas
Distributed byImaginação
Video e Televisão
Lisvendas Audio e Video
Release date
  • 17 July 1931 (1931-07-17)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese

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]

  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.
  3. ^ Cajão, Luís (1973). O salto de cavalo (in Portuguese). Edições Ágora.