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.
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No, or the Vain Glory of Command Cast
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Character |
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Manoel de Oliveira
He was 81, 106 years old when he died
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as Narrator |
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Catarina Furtado
She was 18, now 51 years old
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as Isle of Love Woman |
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Diogo Dória
He was 37, now 71 years old
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as Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin |
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Luís Miguel Cintra
He was 41, now 75 years old
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as Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal |
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Luís Lucas
He was 38, now 71 years old
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as Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman |
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Miguel Guilherme
He was 31, now 65 years old
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as Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior |
No, or the Vain Glory of Command Crew
