Acting

Alves da Cunha

Born 1889-08-19 · Lisbon, Portugal

Acting credits

Urutau poster
NR

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Urutau

1919

The Spell of the Empire poster
7.5

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.

The Spell of the Empire

1940

Rosa de Alfama poster
8.3

Rosa Maria, whose father is a sailor, was picked up by Tomé, having a child of her son Renato, who is expelled from home.

Rosa de Alfama

1953

Vivo ou Morto poster
8.0

Lucy is a woman from Rio's upper middle class who, after seeing her husband leave home to live with his lover, starts a relationship with another man, even though she is still officially a married woman.

Vivo ou Morto

1916

Maria of the Sea poster
6.4

Falacha is the captain of a fishing boat, who loses his men in a shipwreck. Among them was the husband of Aurélia, who holds Falacha responsible for the tragedy. Maria, Falacha's daughter, falls in love with Manuel, Aurélia's son, a situation that their mothers refuse to accept.

Maria of the Sea

1930

Two Causes poster
7.0

Adriana, an orphan who has been raised in a well off family, becomes pregnant after being seduced by a man. Outraged, Mr. Bento kicks her our of home. What he doesn't realize is that her seducer is his own son, Raul, a brilliant law student.

Two Causes

1952

Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle poster
6.3

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.

Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

1930

A Garça e a Serpente poster
10.0

Melancholic and atheist bank clerk Manuel is stuck in a love triangle with two women, the fiery art model Albertina and the quiet and religious Ana Maria. After spending several years working in Africa, Manuel returns to Portugal only to find both women already married, and his life marred by problems.

A Garça e a Serpente

1952