A Bola Negra
"Early Portuguese silent cinema."
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About this film
A 1913 Portuguese silent short whose Portuguese title A Bola Negra refers to a black ball motif in an early national production. Surviving catalogs list it as a brief fiction film from the silent era with limited plot documentation.
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About the production
Themes
Themes & topics
Historical background
Portugal's silent industry produced short fiction films in the 1910s as urban cinemas expanded in Lisbon and Porto.
Why this film matters
A Bola Negra is cited in Iberian filmographies as a rare early Portuguese short warranting further archival research.
Making of
Open sources chiefly list credits.
What critics said
Contemporary notices are not widely digitized; the title appears chiefly in national film databases.
Did you know?
- 1913 Portuguese short film.
- Title translates as The Black Ball.
What audiences thought
Audience documentation for A Bola Negra is limited; availability today depends on archive and streaming copies.
Film restoration
Preservation status should be confirmed against archive holdings.
Where to watch
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A%20Bola%20Negra%20(1913).webm