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No, or the Vain Glory of Command

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.

1990 |1h 50m |  War, Drama, History

Cast

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Diogo Dória

Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin

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Miguel Guilherme

Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior

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Luís Lucas

Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman

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Luís Miguel Cintra

Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal

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Ruy de Carvalho

Suicidal Warrior

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Catarina Furtado

Isle of Love Woman

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Sofia Sá da Bandeira

Isle of Love Woman

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Ricardo Trêpa

Soldier (uncredited)

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André Gago

Soldier

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João Bénard da Costa

Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)

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Paulo Matos

Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama

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Leonor Silveira

Tethys

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Ruy de Carvalho

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

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Sofia Sá da Bandeira

Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Portuguese

Budget

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Revenue

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