Alves da Costa

Birth : 1903-06-26, Lisbon, Portugal

Death : 1971-03-04

History

Joaquim Alves da Costa.

Movies

O Diabo Era Outro
Rui's father
Rui, a young musician, is writing poems for the vaudeville company.
O Homem do Dia
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...
Quando o Mar Galgou a Terra
Tio João Brás
Passion and ambition interplay to bring dissention and tragedy into the home of an old fisherman married to a much younger woman.
O Cerro dos Enforcados
D. Afonso de Lara
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
Song of the Street
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.
Ribatejo
Miguel
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.
Maria Papoila
Carlos
Hipnotismo ao Domicílio
Sleepy playful things and supernatural, inspired by the American farces.
Rita Ou Rito?
Rita / Rito
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.
O Táxi Nº 9297
Lieutenant Hair
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.
Vigário Sport Club
Desportista
An ironic comedy to the sports world about the corrupt gears of football. As goalkeeper, figure a dwarf...