António Vilar
Biography: António Vilar Justiniano dos Santos worked as an actor mainly in Portugal, where he was born, but also in Spain, where he took residence until he died. He also did some acting in France, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a make-up artist and as a decorator.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 31, 1912
Deathday: August 16, 1995
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Disco rojo
1973-03-25
Disco rojo
Overview: A member of the jet-set dies in Lisbon, of drug overdose. A journalist tries to pass through disinformation nets to get to the traffick ring leader who is acting with such impunity. He is up to a surprise, when all evidence points him towards a lady of immaculate repute...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1973-03-25
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The Courtyard of the Ballads
1942-01-23
The Courtyard of the Ballads
Overview: A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1942-01-23
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A Woman Like Satan
1958-12-19
A Woman Like Satan
Overview: Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-12-19
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Beautiful Love
1951-06-01
Beautiful Love
Overview: Dr. Claude Moulin leaves his wife and child for a younger woman but the child needs attention and the wife falls very ill.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-06-01
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Alerta en el cielo
1961-05-26
Alerta en el cielo
Overview: A child suffering from leukemia craves getting on a plane, so at a U.S. base located in Zaragoza will make the kid a favor and grant his wish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-05-26
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Love and Desire
1951-10-09
Love and Desire
Overview: A French crew is working on location in Spain. But when they want to film a scene in which Gérardn the male star is supposed to be swimming across a river, the matinée idol proves water-shy and the director decides to double him. The one that replaces him is Antonio, a local fisherman. The latter does the job so well that he is chosen as a stunts man for the whole film. This does not please Lola,his fiancée; all the more as Antonio has fallen in love with Martine, the female star.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-10-09
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Judas
1952-05-21
Judas
Overview: A guy with bad feelings and worst methods, willing to do anything to satisfy his greed and vanity, is unhappy with the role of Judas in the Passion a play that is traditionally represented in his town because he prefers the role of Jesus.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-05-21
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Embajadores en el infierno
1956-09-17
Embajadores en el infierno
Overview: Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling those who comply as traitors, showcasing a struggle for loyalty to Franco's values.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-09-17
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The Girl Next Door
1945-05-07
The Girl Next Door
Overview: The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1945-05-07
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Scheherazade
1963-05-10
Scheherazade
Overview: Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-05-10
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Dawn of America
1951-12-20
Dawn of America
Overview: Kingdom of Castile, the late fifteenth century. The film chronicles the events that Cristóbal Colón lived (Antonio Vilar) from their stay in the Convent of La Rabida, his meeting with the Catholic Monarchs and, above all, the great odyssey that led to cross the Atlantic and reach the shores of America (1492), thus beginning a new era in the history of mankind.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-12-20
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Camões
1946-09-20
Camões
Overview: The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1946-09-20
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Doomed Love
1943-10-11
Doomed Love
Overview: The fatalism caught up and the amorous tragedy between Teresa de Albuquerque and Simão Botelho, who survives the intolerant litigation of her noble families.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1943-10-11
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The Sunless Street
1948-11-22
The Sunless Street
Overview: Mauricio is a Frenchman who arrived in Barcelona fleeing from justice. He takes refuge in a hostel in Chinatown and falls in love with Pilar, the niece of the owner. When a murder is committed in the neighborhood, Mauricio becomes the prime suspect.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-11-22
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High Season for Spies
1966-07-29
High Season for Spies
Overview: A scientist discovers the formula of a particular resistant steel, and a spy ring from an enemy power sets after him to obtain it.
Genres: Action Thriller Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-07-29
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Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
1970-10-08
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Overview: After witnessing a brutal massacre, the legendary hero Sartana is ready to do some investigating. Almost everyone in the tiny town of Indian Creek seems eager to buy up the property left behind by the murder victims, and one of them could well be behind the killings. The sheriff himself is not above suspicion, so Sartana must uncover the culprit all on his own.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-08
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Fulanita y sus menganos
1976-09-26
Fulanita y sus menganos
Overview: The Spanish official representative of the European Congress of prostitutes, held in Paris, is dedicated to remembering various stories that have occurred in the performance of their profession over the years.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-09-26
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An Ordinary Woman
1949-08-15
An Ordinary Woman
Overview: A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-08-15
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The Spell of the Empire
1940-05-23
The Spell of the Empire
Overview: Luís immigrated to the USA and intends to become an American. But after his father invites him on a journey to the Portuguese territories in Africa, he will find true love, and also learn to value his country and its colonial grandeur.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1940-05-23
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Don Juan
1950-10-16
Don Juan
Overview: Don Juan leaves Venice and gets back to Seville, his home city. When he arrives there, he learns that his father is dead and has left all his properties to him, on codition that he marries Doña Inés. Don Juan makes up a former marriage, but when he meets her he becomes fascinated by her beauty.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-10-16
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Alas de juventud
1949-11-10
Alas de juventud
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-11-10
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Estimado Sr. juez...
1978-05-09
Estimado Sr. juez...
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-05-09
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Historias de la feria
1958-03-13
Historias de la feria
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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-03-13
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Il padrone delle ferriere
1959-03-11
Il padrone delle ferriere
Overview: Philippe Derblay, master of Pont Avesnes ironworks, is an honest and generous young man loved by his workers. He has long been in love with Marchioness Claire de Beaulieu.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-03-11
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O Primo Basílio
1959-12-03
O Primo Basílio
Overview: Jorge, a successful engineer and employee of a ministry and Luísa, a romantic and dreamy girl, star as the typical bourgeois couple of the Lisbon society of the 19th century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-12-03
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The Redeemer
1959-03-20
The Redeemer
Overview: El redentor (original title)
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-03-20
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El Maestro
1959-04-20
El Maestro
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-04-20
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The Vampire of Santiago
1955-01-20
The Vampire of Santiago
Overview: In seventeenth century's Chile a woman kills her lover because she wants to conquer a priest.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-01-20
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La mantilla de Beatriz
1946-01-01
La mantilla de Beatriz
Overview: In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-01-01
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Death at Dawn
1960-06-07
Death at Dawn
Overview: The prestigious composer Virgilio Delise, suspected of being involved in the death of his stepfather, unexpectedly runs away. Doria, an ambitious insurance detective, will stop at nothing to prove his guilt.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-06-07
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3 citas con el destino
1954-02-28
3 citas con el destino
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Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-02-28
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Inés de Castro
1944-12-28
Inés de Castro
Overview: In 1336, Pedro, heir to the Portuguese crown, marries Constanza Manuel de Villena, a Castilian noblewoman, for political reasons; but the impulsive prince ends up giving in to his love for Inés de Castro, his wife's lady-in-waiting.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-12-28
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El festín de Satanás
1958-01-30
El festín de Satanás
Overview: With his own money, Pappier produced this ambitious adaptation of Manuel Gálvez's "Miércoles Santo", whose release was delayed for three years due to political reasons. When it finally came out, it bombed, but its formal originality was mentioned even in unfavorable reviews. Later, it became a cursed film, impossible to see due to lack of prints. To date, it remains lost in great part.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-01-30
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Santo disonore
1950-03-24
Santo disonore
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-03-24
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The Prince in Chains
1960-12-20
The Prince in Chains
Overview:
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-12-20
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El duende y el rey
1950-05-29
El duende y el rey
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-05-29
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Fuego en la sangre
1953-09-10
Fuego en la sangre
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-09-10
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Black Jack
1981-09-14
Black Jack
Overview: Sir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities, and a hostage situation arises.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-14
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Reina santa
1947-01-11
Reina santa
Overview: A virtuous Spanish princess becomes queen of Portugal, and soon is affected by the social struggles and the reckless fight to power between the king's faction and that of his son's.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-01-11
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Cuidado con las personas formales
1961-01-01
Cuidado con las personas formales
Overview: Two men, father and son, meet Carmen la Martillo, a regular at the soirees organized in the evenings of flamenco. The contact with this woman will altere their lives, especially when one death cames to scene and nobody knows where it came from.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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La noche y el alba
1958-10-10
La noche y el alba
Overview: Pedro, a street photographer who fought during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, becomes obsessed with a young model.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-10-10
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Los hermanos corsos
1955-02-01
Los hermanos corsos
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-02-01
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Guarany
1948-01-02
Guarany
Overview: Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1948-01-02
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