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April Captains

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

2000 |2h 3m |  Drama, History

Videos

Cast

cast

Stefano Accorsi

Maia

cast

Maria de Medeiros

Antónia

cast

Joaquim de Almeida

Gervásio

cast

Frédéric Pierrot

Manuel

cast

Fele Martínez

Lobão

cast

Manuel João Vieira

Fonseca

cast

Marcantonio Del Carlo

Silva

cast

Emmanuel Salinger

Botelho

cast

Rita Durão

Rosa

cast

Duarte Guimarães

Daniel

cast

Manuel Manquiña

Gabriel

cast

Luís Miguel Cintra

Brigadeiro Pais

cast

Canto e Castro

Salieri

cast

Rogério Samora

Rui Gama

cast

Pedro Hestnes

Emílio

cast

Marcello Urgeghe

Radio speaker

cast

António Capelo

Chamarro

cast

Ruy de Carvalho

Spínola

cast

José Eduardo

Virgílio

cast

Carlos Matos Gomes

Coronel Matos

cast

Pedro Efe

Old Sergeant

cast

Henrique Viana

Brigadeiro Moura

cast

Luís Mascarenhas

Coronel Lopes

cast

João Lagarto

Jornalista Caxias

cast

João Reis

Voice of Salgueiro Maia (voice)

cast

Joaquim Nicolau

Man in Crowd - Caxias

cast

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Oscar (uncredited)

cast

Carlos Vieira

Apontador

cast

João Cabral

RCP Journalist

cast

Miguel Melo

Young PIDE Police Officer

cast

Marco Delgado

Barrack Soldier

cast

Luís Lima Barreto

2nd Minister

cast

Guilherme Filipe

Inspector Santos

cast

José Boavida

Radio technician

cast

Pedro Carraca

RCP Journalist

cast

Paula Guedes

Irene

cast

Igor Sampaio

1.º Polícia RCP

cast

Nelson Monforte

(Uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Portuguese

Budget

$6,105,121.00

Revenue

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