The Return of José do Telhado

The Return of José do Telhado
Directed byArmando de Miranda
Written by
Produced byArmando de Miranda
StarringVirgílio Teixeira
CinematographyAquilino Mendes
Release date
  • 27 September 1949 (1949-09-27)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagePortuguese

The Return of José do Telhado (Portuguese: A Volta de José do Telhado) is a 1949 Portuguese historical drama film[1] directed by Armando de Miranda and starring Virgílio Teixeira as José do Telhado, a nineteenth century Portuguese bandit. Teixeira had previously played him in the 1945 film José do Telhado, which had also been directed by de Miranda.

The writers of this story are Manuel Guimarães, Gentil Marques, and Armando de Miranda.

Partial cast

Censorship

The film was approved by the Censorship Commissions for Shows in Portugal but only after cuts were made.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fatela p.259
  2. ^ "Film censorship in Portugal. Films banned and cut by the Censorship Commission (1945-1952)" (PDF). estudogeral.sib.uc.pt.

Bibliography

  • João Fatela. O sangue e a rua: elementos para uma antropologia da violência em Portugal (1926-1946). Publicações Dom Quixote, 1989.