No, or the Vain Glory of Command
Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973.
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Languages
Portuguese
Status
Released
Who's In It
Luís Miguel Cintra
2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
Miguel Guilherme
Pvt. Salvador / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Diogo Dória
Pvt. Manuel / Lusitanian Warrior / Diogo (King John's Cousin)
Luís Lucas
Cpl. Brito / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Nobleman
António Sequeira Lopes
Soldier / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Lola Forner
Princess Dona Isabel
Raúl Fraire
King Afonso I of Portugal
Ruy de Carvalho
Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior
Leonor Silveira
Tethys
Paulo Matos
Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama
João Bénard da Costa
Baron of Alvito
Luís Mascarenhas
King Afonso V of Portugal
Ricardo Trêpa
Soldier
Catarina Furtado
Isle of Love Woman
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Isle of Love Woman
André Gago
Soldier
Manoel de Oliveira
Narrator
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