''A Morgadinha dos Canaviais'' is a 1949 Portuguese film directed by Caetano Bonucci and Amadeu Ferrari, featuring

Eunice Muñoz Eunice Muñoz, Order of St. James of the Sword, OSE, Order of Infante D. Henrique, GCIH (30 July 1928 – 15 April 2022) was a Portuguese actress, considered one of the best Portuguese actresses ever. She was born in Amareleja, Portugal. She st ...

as Madalena and

Maria Matos Maria de Conceição de Matos Ferreira da Silva (29 September 1886 – 19 September 1952) was a Portuguese actress and theatre personality. Career Matos studied piano, singing and dramatic art at the Royal Conservatory of Lisbon, and for her fin ...

as Vitória. The film is based on the romance novel of the same name by Portuguese novelist

Júlio Dinis Júlio Dinis, pseudonym of Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho (14 November 1839 – 12 September 1871) was a Portuguese doctor and poet, playwright and novelist. He was the first great novelist of modern Portuguese middle-class society. His novels, e ...

, published in 1868. Set in the nineteenth century, the story revolves around Madalena Constança, a girl of great beauty and generosity.

Cast

... Madalena, Morgada dos Canaviais (majorat owner) * Fernando Isidoro ... Taberneiro * Paiva Raposo ... Henrique de Souzelas * Tomás de Macedo ... Augusto * Vitor Manuel ... Eduardo * Helena do Vale ... Cristina *

Costinha Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa (born 1 December 1974), known as Costinha (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently a manager. Best known for his tackling and positioning, as well as ...

... Morgado das Perdizes (a majorat owner) * Auzenda Maria ... Mariana *

... D. Vitória *

Joaquim Miranda Joaquim Miranda (7 September 1950 – 17 June 2006) was a Portuguese economist and politician, a former member of the Portuguese Parliament and of the European Parliament. He was born in Portalegre, in the southern region of Alentejo. Joaquim Mi ...

... Cancela *

Jorge Moreira Jorge Luis Moreira Ferreira (born 1 February 1990) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a right-back for Resistencia. Club career 2 de Mayo Born in Villarrica, Moreira started his career with 2 de Mayo, as a midfielder. Promoted to the fi ...

... Angelo * Maria Olguim ... Catarina * Maria Emilia Vilas ... Maria de Jesus Doroteia, Madalena's aunt * Alfredo Henriques ... Seabra

External links

* 1949 films 1940s Portuguese-language films Portuguese romantic drama films 1949 romantic drama films Portuguese black-and-white films Films set in the 19th century {{Portugal-film-stub