Black Cloaks (1947)
1h 43m
Running Time
May 17, 1947Release Date
Black Cloaks (1947)
1h 43m
Running Time
May 17, 1947Release Date
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Plot.
The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from the black capes worn by the students in the university city of Coimbra, where the film is set. The action begins in a tavern where a group of former students are reminiscing about their time at the university. One of the students, Jose Duarte then breaks into song, performing an impromptu fado in the local Coimbra style. The tavern owner's niece, the aptly named Maria Lisboa promptly retaliates with a fado of the Lisbon variety. The melodramatic plot then centers on the frustrated romance between these two characters, and the soundtrack is essentially a musical duel between these two different styles of Portugal's national song.
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Cast & Crew.
Amália Rodrigues
Maria de Lisboa
Alberto Ribeiro
José Duarte
Artur Agostinho
Manecas
Vasco Morgado
Jorge
Barroso Lopes
Coca-Bichinhos
Humberto Madeira
Já-Cá-Canta
António Sacramento
Judge
Graziela Mendes
Actress
Joaquim Miranda
Judge
Fernando Silva
Cunha, the pawnbroker / Production Office Assistant
Fernando Silva
Cunha, the pawnbroker
Génia Silva
Leonor
António Gonçalves
Dancer
Armando de Miranda
Director
Alberto Barbosa
Writer
Cremilda de Sousa
Dancer
José Galhardo
Writer
Edmundo Ferreira de Almeida
Producer
Jaime Mendes
Composer
Octávio Bobone
Cinematographer
Tomás de Macedo
(uncredited)
Luís Galhardo
Screenplay
Raúl Ferrão
Songs
Frederico Valério
Songs
Santos Moreira
Songs
Armando Bruno
Set Decoration
Augusto Madureira
Makeup Artist
Heliodoro Pires
Sound Director
Fernando Gomes
Production Office Assistant
Firmino Miranda
Production Office Assistant
Vítor Raposo
Production Office Assistant
Patrício Álvares
Production Office Assistant
Fernando Maynard
Production Office Coordinator
Domingos Marques
Carlos Velosa
Abel Passos Pereira
Regina Montenegro
Adozinda Mariano
Maria Emília Vilas
João Calazans
Afonso Branco
Manuela Bonito
Details.
Release DateMay 17, 1947
Original NameCapas Negras
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
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Wiki.
Black Capes (Portuguese:Capas Negras) is a 1947 Portuguese musical film directed by Armando de Miranda and starring Amália Rodrigues, Alberto Ribeiro and Artur Agostinho. The film takes its name from the black capes worn by the students at the University of Coimbra. The film was an enormous success at the box office in both Portugal and Brazil, despite criticism in Coimbra that depictions of the city and its musical tradition were not accurately represented.
The film marked the debut of Amália Rodrigues, previously known as a radio star. The film's popularity led producers to rush out another film Fado: The Story of a Singer, which was loosely based on her own life story.