Alves da Costa
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Joaquim Alves da Costa.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Adult: No
Birthday: June 26, 1903
Age: 121 years old
Gender: Other
Deathday: March 04, 1971
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A Canção do Berço
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1930-01-01
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Maria Papoila
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1937-08-15
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O Homem do Dia
Overview: Tó and Pedro are cyclists from rival clubs, sponsored by small, highly competitive local companies: Famel (bicycles) and Caves (wines). Their competition extends to girls. Clara, the school teacher, ends up by marrying Tó, after he suffers a nasty accident which Pedro was involved - or that may have been Pedro's fault. 1 year later, it's again competition day when Clara gives birth to a son, and a similar head-to-head race finish...
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1958-02-21
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Ribatejo
Overview: It is the story of two men in love with the same woman and fighting each other in and out of the arenas of bulls.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1949-09-13
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O Táxi Nº 9297
Overview: The story of this film is based on actual facts, the murder of actress Maria Alves, and the investigation that ensued, covered by Reinaldo Ferreira himself. Ferreira also wrote a novel based on the same facts.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1927-06-09
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Vigário Sport Club
Overview: An ironic comedy to the sports world about the corrupt gears of football. As goalkeeper, figure a dwarf...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1927-05-07
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Hypnotism at Home
Overview: Sleepwalking and supernatural adventures, inspired by American farces.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1927-08-13
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Rita Ou Rito?
Overview: Peixe-de-Espada (literally, sword-fish), a retired Army colonel, his wife and nubile daughter are spending their holidays at the Palace Hotel, in the company of a lady doctor, Doctor Pilulas (literally, pills). He tells tall-tales of his African adventures, and she finds ways to promote the excellency of the pills of her own fabrication. To spend some time with Gabriela, his girlfriend, Rito appears disguised as a woman, pretending to be the new post-office operator. Desguises will come and go, and all ends well after a turmoil of twisted plots.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1927-07-17
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O Cerro dos Enforcados
Overview: 15th century. D. Afonso, an old jealous nobleman, demands that all stay away when his wife, D. Leonor, goes to church to pray to Our Lady of Mercês. Another nobleman, D. Rui, sees her and fells under the spell or he beauty. D. Afonso orders his wife to retreat to Quinta do Cabril, and decides, one night, to stab his rival to death. It is then that a hanged man decides to intervene. - MOTELx
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1954-03-17
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Eram Duzentos Irmãos
Overview: A man afflicted by an inferiority complex, is helped out by his comrades to pass the tests to enter the navy. A girl accepts to show a fake love interest in him as part of the plan, and ends up really enamoured.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1952-03-20
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Quando o Mar Galgou a Terra
Overview: Passion and ambition interplay to bring dissention and tragedy into the home of an old fisherman married to a much younger woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1954-04-27
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Song of the Street
Overview: Alberto has a vocation to sing, but at home run counter to their ambition. The father, owner of a shoe shop either, the force, that he work in the shop. / Alberto tem vocação para cantar, mas em casa contrariam a sua ambição. O pai, dono de uma sapataria quer, à força, que ele trabalhe na loja.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1950-02-24
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O Diabo Era Outro
Overview: Rui, a young musician, is writing poems for the vaudeville company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-11-05
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