Vasco Santana
Vasco António Rodrigues Santana was a Portuguese actor, one of the most renowned of the classical era of Portuguese cinema.
He already had a long career in theatre when he played the main character in the first Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa, in 1933. He starred in about one dozen films.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1516 |
| Birthday | 1898-01-29 |
| Place of Birth | Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Also Known As | Vasco António Rodrigues Santana, |
1953
O Comissário de Polícia
7/1
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O Comissário de Polícia
1933
A Song of Lisbon
8.512/43
Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he had already graduated. In fact, he devotes himself to a...
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A Song of Lisbon
1954
O Costa d'África
7.722/18
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 m...
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O Costa d'África
1942
The Courtyard of the Ballads
8.674/43
A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.
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The Courtyard of the Ballads
1941
The Tyrannical Father
7.882/38
While rehearsing the annual play, a clerk tries to regain the attention of his beloved, in a comedy of equivoques.
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The Tyrannical Father
1947
Fado, a Singer's Story
7.75/8
Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a 'retiro' (typical fado tavern), public and critics rend major applause. Fame brin...
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Fado, a Singer's Story
1949
Ribatejo
6.25/4
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.
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Ribatejo
1956
O Dinheiro dos Pobres
9/1
Manuel and Pedro have different approaches to love. Manuel suffers a disgust that makes him sullen, and enters the priesthood. Pedro keeps on in his c...
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O Dinheiro dos Pobres
1941
Famalicão
7.375/8
Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal.
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Famalicão
1952
O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
6.333/3
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O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
1952
O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
6.333/3
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O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito
1952
O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame
6.333/3
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O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame
1952
O Zé já não é Analfabeto
6.667/3
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O Zé já não é Analfabeto
1952
Confissões de um Analfabeto
7/2
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Confissões de um Analfabeto
1952
O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT
7.333/3
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O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT
1952
O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente
6.667/3
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O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente
1946
Camões
6.813/8
The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.
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Camões
1952
Eram Duzentos Irmãos
8.125/4
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 inter...
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Eram Duzentos Irmãos
1956
Lisbon
6.417/12
For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he's hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involv...
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Lisbon
1930
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
6.3/10
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...
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Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
1931
A Via Áurea
0/0
A silent, black and white, 1930s advertisement film for CUF fertilizers, starring the legendary Vasco Santana in a story where the dissatisfied Manuel...
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