Assault on the Santa Maria (Assalto ao Santa Maria) 13 years old

On January 22, 1961, a group of Portuguese and Spanish opposition movement members seized control of the Santa Maria, a Portuguese luxury cruise liner, an operation devised by Henrique Galvão to expose the Government of Portugal as a dictatorship.

Credits

Assault on the Santa Maria Cast

Name Character
João Maria Pinto as Comandante Mário Simões Maia
André Gomes He was 17, now 30 years old as General Humberto Delgado
João Cabral He was 411, 70 years old when he died as Joaquim Paiva
Vítor Norte He was 59, now 73 years old as Tenente-Coronel Alfredo Enes
António Pedro Cerdeira He was 40, now 53 years old as Camilo Mortágua
Bruno Simões He was 39, 41 years old when he died as Júlio
Carlos Paulo as Capitão Henrique Galvão
Christian Escuredo as Victor Velo
Marcelo Melendreras as Don Luis
Alfonso Agra He was 51, now 65 years old as Comandante Jorge de Sottomayor
Miguel Borines as Velo Mosquera
Adriano Martins He was 28, now 41 years old as Piloto Nascimento Costa
Pedro Cunha as Zé Ramos
Joaquim José Escaleira as Radiotelegrafista Ferraz
Keith Harle as Jornalista Americano
Leonor Seixas She was 29, now 43 years old as Ilda Enes
Maria d'Aires as Amália Enes
Miguel Rosas He was 10, now 24 years old as Luis Ackerman
Jorge Vásquez He was 32, now 45 years old as Imediato Inácio

Assault on the Santa Maria Crew

Name Department
Vicente Alves do Ó as Writer. He was 38 (now 52) years old Writing
Francisco Manso as Director. He was 60 (now 74) years old Directing
João Nunes as Writer. Writing
Nuno Malo as Original Music Composer. He was 32 (now 46) years old Sound
Kostas Christides as Original Music Composer. Sound
José António Loureiro as Director of Photography. Camera
Assault on the Santa Maria (13 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, September 23, 2010
  • Runtime: 104 minutes