Costinha

Costinha

Born: February 25, 1891
Died: January 24, 1976
in Santarém, Portugal
Born Ernestino Augusto Costa, in Santarém, Portugal.

Movies for Costinha...

My Little Seamstress
Title: My Little Seamstress
Character: Vicente
Released: February 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Aurora is a modest young girl, working as dressmaker for the women her popular district, near the OPorto cathedral. One day, through a hintz-dress design competition, she gets involved with a haut couture atelier.
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O Costa d'África
Title: O Costa d'África
Character: Dr. Carneiro da Silveira
Released: September 19, 1954
Type: Movie
Costa is travelling from Africa to London, and wishes very much to his nephew Amadeu, and see by himself how well he has been invested large sums of money he is been sending him. Amadeu 'borrows' for 24 hours a wife, a villa, a car, and a servant - for he has been lies to his uncle all the time. All goes well. But, Costa decides to prolong his stay for two weeks...
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Madragoa
Title: Madragoa
Character: Dom Eusébio
Released: January 11, 1952
Type: Movie
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Song of the Street
Title: Song of the Street
Released: February 24, 1950
Type: Movie
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.
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A Morgadinha dos Canaviais
Title: A Morgadinha dos Canaviais
Released: March 4, 1949
Type: Movie
To get away from the boredom of the city, Henrique de Souzelas visits his aunt Doroteia, in a picturesque village in the North, where he becomes attracted to his young, beautiful cousin Madalena.
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Um Homem do Ribatejo
Title: Um Homem do Ribatejo
Character: Saraiva
Released: September 27, 1946
Type: Movie
After the brother's death by a bull, the "Bezoiro", Manuel refuses to succeed him as mayoral, the very day he marries Maria Loba.
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Camões
Title: Camões
Character: Gaspar Borges
Released: September 20, 1946
Type: Movie
The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.
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Lobos da Serra
Title: Lobos da Serra
Character: Joãozinho (Little Joe)
Released: February 23, 1942
Type: Movie
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João Ratão
Title: João Ratão
Character: Bonifácio
Released: April 29, 1940
Type: Movie
João Ratão is one of many young Portuguese soldiers fighting in Flandres, France, during World War I. Back home, he now needs to fight for the love Vitória, to whom he sent love letters from France... written by a fellow soldier. João Ratão is illiterate.
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A Rosa do Adro
Title: A Rosa do Adro
Released: March 2, 1938
Type: Movie
The ill-conceived loves of Rosa, a modest seamstress, and Fernando a doctor, leaving in the shadow the fateful passion of António (a liberal) for the young woman.
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As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
Title: As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor
Character: Barbeiro
Released: April 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the homonymous novel by Júlio Dantas. Trying to highlight the romantic tone, the ruralism of the picturesque situations and environments, the spirit and characters of 1863 are revived: the characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinguished morals of Pedro and Daniel, the bonhomie of João Semana, finally the disagreements , common sense, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of Minho.
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A Severa
Title: A Severa
Character: Marquês de Seide
Released: June 8, 1931
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name, by Júlio Dantas, this is the first Portuguese all-talking sound film, dramatization of the story of the Fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana, known as A Severa.
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Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
Title: Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
Released: April 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town – Lisbon, from the old district around Saint George's Castle down to the docks and the 'Sagres' on the Tagus river, to the new commercial districts.