Vasco Santana

Born: 1898-01-29

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.


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Lisbon

as Customer at Fado's House
Released: 1956-08-17

For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But...

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Camões

as Mal-Cozinhado
Released: 1946-09-20

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

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Famalicão

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1941-01-27

Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal.

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The Tyrannical Father

as Mestre José Santana
Released: 1941-09-19

While rehearsing the annual play, a clerk tries to regain the attention of his beloved, in a...

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The Courtyard of the Ballads

as Narciso
Released: 1942-01-23

A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small...

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A Song of Lisbon

as Vasco Leitão
Released: 1933-11-07

Vasco is a medical student in Lisbon, supported by his rich aunts, whom he had falsely told he...

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O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito

as Zé Analfabeto
Released: 1952-01-02

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O Zé Analfabeto e o Trânsito

as José Vasco (Speaker)
Released: 1952-01-02

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Fado, a Singer's Story

as Joaquim Marujo
Released: 1947-11-28

Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a 'retiro' (typical fado...

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O Zé Analfabeto nos CTT

as Zé Analfabeto
Released: 1952-01-04

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O Zé Analfabeto na Vida Corrente

as Zé Analfabeto
Released: 1952-01-03

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O Costa d'África

as Costa, Amadeu's uncle
Released: 1954-09-19

Costa is travelling from Africa to London, and wishes very much to his nephew Amadeu, and see by...

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O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame

as Zé Analfabeto
Released: 1952-01-05

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Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

as uncredited
Released: 1930-04-01

Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large...

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O Zé já não é Analfabeto

as Zé Analfabeto
Released: 1952-01-06

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O Dinheiro dos Pobres

as Marcos
Released: 1956-06-06

Manuel and Pedro have different approaches to love. Manuel suffers a disgust that makes him...

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Confissões de um Analfabeto

as Zé Analfabeto
Released: 1952-01-01

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Eram Duzentos Irmãos

as Fernão Mentes Minto
Released: 1952-03-20

A man afflicted by an inferiority complex, is helped out by his comrades to pass the tests to...

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