António Vilar

Acting

António Vilar

Born — Died

1912-10-31 — 1995-08-16

Place of birth

Lisbon, Portugal

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

António Vilar Justiniano dos Santos worked as an actor mainly in Portugal, where he was born, but also in Spain, where he took residence until he died. He also did some acting in France, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a make-up artist and as a decorator.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 6 titles

1950s · 20 titles

A Woman Like Satan poster
5.5

Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him.

A Woman Like Satan

1958

Il padrone delle ferriere poster
7.3

Philippe Derblay, master of Pont Avesnes ironworks, is an honest and generous young man loved by his workers. He has long been in love with Marchioness Claire de Beaulieu.

Il padrone delle ferriere

1959

The Vampire of Santiago poster
10.0

In seventeenth century's Chile a woman kills her lover because she wants to conquer a priest.

The Vampire of Santiago

1955

Love and Desire poster
10.0

A French crew is working on location in Spain. But when they want to film a scene in which Gérardn the male star is supposed to be swimming across a river, the matinée idol proves water-shy and the director decides to double him. The one that replaces him is Antonio, a local fisherman. The latter does the job so well that he is chosen as a stunts man for the whole film. This does not please Lola,his fiancée; all the more as Antonio has fallen in love with Martine, the female star.

Love and Desire

1951

Judas poster
6.8

A guy with bad feelings and worst methods, willing to do anything to satisfy his greed and vanity, is unhappy with the role of Judas in the Passion a play that is traditionally represented in his town because he prefers the role of Jesus.

Judas

1952

O Primo Basílio poster
6.8

Jorge, a successful engineer and employee of a ministry and Luísa, a romantic and dreamy girl, star as the typical bourgeois couple of the Lisbon society of the 19th century.

O Primo Basílio

1959

Fuego en la sangre poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fuego en la sangre

1953

3 citas con el destino poster
6.2

The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.

3 citas con el destino

1954

El festín de Satanás poster
10.0

With his own money, Pappier produced this ambitious adaptation of Manuel Gálvez's "Miércoles Santo", whose release was delayed for three years due to political reasons. When it finally came out, it bombed, but its formal originality was mentioned even in unfavorable reviews. Later, it became a cursed film, impossible to see due to lack of prints. To date, it remains lost in great part.

El festín de Satanás

1958

El duende y el rey poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

El duende y el rey

1950

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

El Maestro

1959

Santo disonore poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Santo disonore

1950

Embajadores en el infierno poster
7.0

Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling those who comply as traitors, showcasing a struggle for loyalty to Franco's values.

Embajadores en el infierno

1956

Dawn of America poster
5.8

Kingdom of Castile, the late fifteenth century. The film chronicles the events that Cristóbal Colón lived (Antonio Vilar) from their stay in the Convent of La Rabida, his meeting with the Catholic Monarchs and, above all, the great odyssey that led to cross the Atlantic and reach the shores of America (1492), thus beginning a new era in the history of mankind.

Dawn of America

1951

Beautiful Love poster
4.8

Dr. Claude Moulin leaves his wife and child for a younger woman but the child needs attention and the wife falls very ill.

Beautiful Love

1951

Don Juan poster
6.8

Don Juan leaves Venice and gets back to Seville, his home city. When he arrives there, he learns that his father is dead and has left all his properties to him, on codition that he marries Doña Inés. Don Juan makes up a former marriage, but when he meets her he becomes fascinated by her beauty.

Don Juan

1950

The Redeemer poster
7.0

The Passion of Jesus, starting with His arrest and trial, was shot near Madrid and features narration by Sebastien Cabot. Jesus' face is never seen, but in the English version, He is voiced by veteran Hollywood actor Macdonald Carey.

The Redeemer

1959

Historias de la feria poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Historias de la feria

1958

La noche y el alba poster
5.6

Pedro, a street photographer who fought during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, becomes obsessed with a young model.

La noche y el alba

1958

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los hermanos corsos

1955

1940s · 12 titles

The Girl Next Door poster
8.0

The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.

The Girl Next Door

1945

Camões poster
6.8

The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.

Camões

1946

The Sunless Street poster
5.8

Mauricio is a Frenchman who arrived in Barcelona fleeing from justice. He takes refuge in a hostel in Chinatown and falls in love with Pilar, the niece of the owner. When a murder is committed in the neighborhood, Mauricio becomes the prime suspect.

The Sunless Street

1948

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

La mantilla de Beatriz poster
7.5

In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.

La mantilla de Beatriz

1946

Inés de Castro poster
6.6

In 1336, Pedro, heir to the Portuguese crown, marries Constanza Manuel de Villena, a Castilian noblewoman, for political reasons; but the impulsive prince ends up giving in to his love for Inés de Castro, his wife's lady-in-waiting.

Inés de Castro

1944

Guarany poster
7.0

Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.

Guarany

1948

An Ordinary Woman poster
5.9

A woman who has walked out of an unhappy marriage is unsuccessful trying to earn herself a new living and gets mixed with a man who is a murderer and tries to incriminate her.

An Ordinary Woman

1949

The Courtyard of the Ballads poster
8.7

A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.

The Courtyard of the Ballads

1942

Reina santa poster
4.3

A virtuous Spanish princess becomes queen of Portugal, and soon is affected by the social struggles and the reckless fight to power between the king's faction and that of his son's.

Reina santa

1947

Doomed Love poster
6.3

The fatalism caught up and the amorous tragedy between Teresa de Albuquerque and Simão Botelho, who survives the intolerant litigation of her noble families.

Doomed Love

1943

Alas de juventud poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Alas de juventud

1949

Behind the camera