Black Cloaks (1947)
Overview
The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from the black capes worn by the students in the university city of Coimbra, where the film is set. The action begins in a tavern where a group of former students are reminiscing about their time at the university. One of the students, Jose Duarte then breaks into song, performing an impromptu fado in the local Coimbra style. The tavern owner's niece, the aptly named Maria Lisboa promptly retaliates with a fado of the Lisbon variety. The melodramatic plot then centers on the frustrated romance between these two characters, and the soundtrack is essentially a musical duel between these two different styles of Portugal's national song.
Production Companies
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | pt |
Popularity | 2.263 |
Directed By
Armando de Miranda
Crew
Armando de Miranda
Alberto Barbosa
José Galhardo
Armando de Miranda
Edmundo Ferreira de Almeida
Luís Galhardo
Jaime Mendes
Octávio Bobone
Armando de Miranda
Armando Bruno
Augusto Madureira
Edmundo Ferreira de Almeida
Heliodoro Pires
Raúl Ferrão
Santos Moreira
Alberto Ribeiro
Frederico Valério
Fernando Gomes
Firmino Miranda
Vítor Raposo
Fernando Silva
Patrício Álvares
Fernando Maynard
TOP CAST
Amália Rodrigues
Maria de Lisboa
Alberto Ribeiro
José Duarte
Artur Agostinho
Manecas
Vasco Morgado
Jorge
Barroso Lopes
Coca-Bichinhos
Humberto Madeira
Já-Cá-Canta
António Sacramento
Magistrate
Graziela Mendes
Rosa Tricana
Joaquim Miranda
Judge
Fernando Silva
Cunha, the pawnbroker
Génia Silva
Leonor
António Gonçalves
Dancer
Cremilda de Sousa
Dancer
Tomás de Macedo
(uncredited)