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]