A Song of Lisbon

A Song of Lisbon

85 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 7, 1933

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 bohemian life, preferring the popular fairs and pretty women, especially Alice, a seamstress from the Castelinhos quarter, which rather upsets her ambitious father, tailor Caetano, who is familiar with Vasco's debts. After failing yet another final exam, he is surprised by his aunts' announcement that they will visit him in Lisbon to see his practice.

A Song of Lisbon

85 mins | Comedy, Music | Nov. 7, 1933

A Song of Lisbon
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 bohemian life, preferring the popular fairs and pretty women, especially Alice, a seamstress from the Castelinhos quarter, which rather upsets her ambitious father, tailor Caetano, who is familiar with Vasco's debts. After failing yet another final exam, he is surprised by his aunts' announcement that they will visit him in Lisbon to see his practice.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Tobis Portuguesa
Original title A Canção de Lisboa
Directors Carlos Botelho, José Cottinelli Telmo
Writers José Galhardo, José Cottinelli Telmo

Cast

Vasco Santana

as Vasco Leitão

Beatriz Costa

as Alice

António Silva

as Caetano

Teresa Gomes

as Eugénia

Sofia Santos

as Maria Perpétua

Alfredo Silva

as Sapateiro

Ana María

as Maria da Graça

Manoel de Oliveira

as Carlos

Eduardo Fernandes

as Quincas

Manuel Santos Carvalho

as dono do retiro de fados

Silvestre Alegrim

as empregado do retiro

Maria Albertina

as fadista

José Victor

as an examination professor