No, or the Vain Glory of Command
60.75 %|Oct 12, 1990|War, Drama, History
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.
Featured Crew
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
P. Joao Marques
Writer
Paulo Branco
Producer
Manoel de Oliveira
Screenplay
Elso Roque
Director of Photography
Manoel de Oliveira
Editor
Sabine Franel
Editor
Zé Branco
Production Design
Cast
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
Manoel de Oliveira
Narrator
Catarina Furtado
Isle of Love Woman
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Isle of Love Woman
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
Ruy de Carvalho
Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)