Alves da Costa

Acting

Alves da Costa

Born 1903-06-26 · Lisbon, Portugal

Joaquim Alves da Costa.

Acting credits

Maria Papoila poster
6.4

Maria Papoila, a shepherdess from Beira working in Lisbon, one day meets a rich young man, Eduardo, whom she assumes to be of her own social standing due to his uniform as a private soldier. Some time later, arrested as a suspect in a major robbery, Eduardo is abandoned by his selfish fiancée, Margarida, and it is the "soup girl" who, although despised in her dream and sacrificing her honor, appears in court as Eduardo's lover, and he is acquitted. Without asking for anything in return, Maria Papoila returns to her village.

Maria Papoila

1937

Ribatejo poster
6.3

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.

Ribatejo

1949

O Táxi Nº 9297 poster
5.8

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.

O Táxi Nº 9297

1927

Perdeu-se um Marido poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Perdeu-se um Marido

1957

Um Dia de Vida poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Um Dia de Vida

1962

O Homem do Dia poster
9.0

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...

O Homem do Dia

1958

Hypnotism at Home poster
5.4

Sleepwalking and supernatural adventures, inspired by American farces.

Hypnotism at Home

1927

Eram Duzentos Irmãos poster
8.1

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.

Eram Duzentos Irmãos

1952

Vigário Sport Club poster
6.4

An ironic comedy to the sports world about the corrupt gears of football. As goalkeeper, figure a dwarf...

Vigário Sport Club

1927

Rita Ou Rito? poster
8.0

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.

Rita Ou Rito?

1927

O Cerro dos Enforcados poster
8.0

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

O Cerro dos Enforcados

1954

A Canção do Berço poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Canção do Berço

1930

Song of the Street poster
7.0

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.

Song of the Street

1950

Quando o Mar Galgou a Terra poster
5.6

Passion and ambition interplay to bring dissention and tragedy into the home of an old fisherman married to a much younger woman.

Quando o Mar Galgou a Terra

1954

O Diabo Era Outro poster
8.0

Rui, a young musician, is writing poems for the vaudeville company.

O Diabo Era Outro

1969