A Severa
Poster for the film
Directed by	José Leitão de Barros
Written by	Júlio Dantas J. Bernard Brunius René Clair
Starring	Dina Teresa António Luis Lopes Antonio Lavradio Ribeiro Lopes
Cinematography	Salazar Dinis Paul Guichard
Music by	Frederico de Freitas
Distributed by	Imaginação Video e Televisão Lisvendas Audio e Video
Release date	17 July 1931 (Portugal)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Portugal
Language	Portuguese

A Severa (lit. The stern/grave one) is a Portuguese 1931 film, directed by Leitão de Barros, famous for being the first Portuguese all-talking sound film,^[1]; it is a biopic of the fado singer Maria Severa Onofriana,^[2] known as A Severa, based on the play by Júlio Dantas.^[3]

Cast

• Dina Teresa as Maria Severa Onofriana dita A Severa
• António Luis Lopes as Dom João, Count of Marialva
• Antonio Lavradio (D. António de Almeida Portugal, 10th Count of Avintes) as Dom José
• Ribeiro Lopes as Judge
• Silvestre Alegrim as Timpanas, Coach Driver
• Costinha as Marquis of Seide (as Augusto Costa)
• Antonio Fagim as Romão, Landlord
• Patrício Álvares as Diogo
• Eduardo Dores as Gypsy
• Oliveira Martins as The Duke

Production

The film was shot in Paris.^[4]

Legacy

A Severa was part of the 2023 "A Brief History of Portuguese Cinema" screenings in Setúbal.^[5]