No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)

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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.

GENRES:  Drama • History • War
DIRECTION:  Manoel de Oliveira

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Cast & Characters

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)

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