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No, or the Vain Glory of Command 1990

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Released1990-05-01 + 2 more
Runtime1h 50m
DirectorManoel de Oliveira

WritersManoel de Oliveira (screenplay) + 1 more, P. Joao Marques
CountryFrance
LanguagesPortuguese
StudiosGemini Films + 2 more, Tornasol Films, Madragoa Filmes
GenresWar, Drama, History

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Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973.

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Diogo Dória

Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin

Miguel Guilherme

Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior

Luís Lucas

Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman

Luís Miguel Cintra

Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal

Ruy de Carvalho

Suicidal Warrior, Preacher at Funeral, Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)

Manoel de Oliveira

Narrator

Catarina Furtado

Isle of Love Woman

Sofia Sá da Bandeira

Isle of Love Woman, Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)

Ricardo Trêpa

Soldier (uncredited)

André Gago

Soldier

João Bénard da Costa

Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)

Paulo Matos

Radio Operator, Vasco da Gama

Leonor Silveira

Tethys

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Cast 13

Diogo Dória

Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin

Miguel Guilherme

Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior

Luís Lucas

Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman

Luís Miguel Cintra

Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal

Ruy de Carvalho

Suicidal Warrior, Preacher at Funeral, Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)

Manoel de Oliveira

Narrator

Catarina Furtado

Isle of Love Woman

Sofia Sá da Bandeira

Isle of Love Woman, Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)

Ricardo Trêpa

Soldier (uncredited)

André Gago

Soldier

João Bénard da Costa

Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)

Paulo Matos

Radio Operator, Vasco da Gama

Leonor Silveira

Tethys

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