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The year was 1918. Aníbal Milhais was one of 75,000 Portuguese soldiers sent to Flanders in defense of the Western Front. During the Battle of La Lys, when his beleaguered unit was forced into retreat, Milhais ignored superior orders and stood his ground in the trenches. Before him, two German divisions advanced across no-man’s-land. Behind him, his battalion of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps and a Scottish regiment, having been decimated by a massive preparatory artillery barrage. Armed only with his Lewis light machine gun named “Luisinha”, he single-handedly fought off successive waves of attack Germans, saving the lives of countless Allied troops. Twenty-five years later, still haunted by the memories of war, Milhais recalls the stories that led to his fame as the soldier “worth a million men" and HERO ON THE FRONT is his incredible true story.
Original Release
04/12/2018
US Release
11/17/2020
Cast
Name | Character |
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João Arrais | Soldado Milhões (Jovem) |
Miguel Borges | Soldado Milhões (Adulto) |
Raimundo Cosme | Malha Vacas |
Isac Graça | Sabugal |
Lúcia Moniz | Teresa |
Ivo Canelas | Capitão Ribeiro de Carvalho |
Graciano Dias | Jaime Cortesão |
Nuno Pardal | Major Escocês |
António Pedro Cerdeira | Ferreira do Amaral |
Carminho Coelho | Adelaide |
Directors
Gonçalo Galvão Teles, Jorge Paixão da Costa
Writers
Jorge Paixão da Costa, Mário Botequilha
Cast
Name | Character |
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João Arrais | Soldado Milhões (Jovem) |
Miguel Borges | Soldado Milhões (Adulto) |
Raimundo Cosme | Malha Vacas |
Isac Graça | Sabugal |
Lúcia Moniz | Teresa |
Ivo Canelas | Capitão Ribeiro de Carvalho |
Graciano Dias | Jaime Cortesão |
Nuno Pardal | Major Escocês |
António Pedro Cerdeira | Ferreira do Amaral |
Carminho Coelho | Adelaide |
Filipa Louceiro | Teresa (Jovem) |
Miguel Taborda | Almeida |
Tiago Castro | Soldado Perdido |
Luís Ganito | Mértola |
Miguel Ponte | Fadista |
Rodrigo Tomás | Souvenir |
Rui Conceição | Isqueiro |
Gonçalo Botelho | Açoriano |
Pedro Moldão | Munchingona |
Afonso Viriato | Sacavém |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pandora da Cunha Telles | Producer |
Pablo Iraola | Producer |