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Barbanegra

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How it feels

A Portuguese silent crime film from 1920, directed by Georges Pallu. It follows a detective story with intertitles, filmed in Lisbon and Cascais, and originally had live musical accompaniment.

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What happens

Barbanegra é um filme mudo português de ficção policial, com intertítulos, realizado por Georges Pallu em 1920, em colaboração com o Diário de Notícias, que publicou um folhetim sobre a novela levada à tela, da autoria de Sérgio de Miranda (pseudónimo), entre 4 e 21 de outubro de 1920. Filmado entre Lisboa e Cascais, o filme estreou a 21 de outubro de 1920 nos cinemas Olympia e Chiado-Terrasse, ambos em Lisboa, com acompanhamento musical ao vivo por Filipe Raposo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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