O Homem dos Olhos Tortos (1918)

Director
José Leitão de Barros

Main cast
Filipe Melo; Alda de Aguiar; Raquel Barros; Álvaro Pereira; António Sarmento

Genres
Crime, Thriller

Description
The Man with the Crooked Eyes is a unfinished 1918 Portuguese silent film made for Lusitânia Film and directed by José Leitão de Barros, starring Filipe Melo. This was restored and edited together in 2007 using all existing raw footage.


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