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No, or the Vain Glory of Command is a 1990 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film, starring Luís Miguel Cintra and Miguel Guilherme, depicts a series of defeats from the entire military history of Portugal – the assassination of Viriathus, the Battle of Toro, the failed attempt of Iberian Union under Afonso of Portugal and Isabella of Spain and the Battle of Alcácer Quibir – and the Lusiads episode of the Island of love, which are told through flashbacks as a professorish Portuguese lieutenant recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African overseas territory in 1974, during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–74). He easily draws his comrades into philosophical musings, while the little contingent suffers surprise attacks by groups of independentist guerrillas.
Original Release
09/26/1990
Cast
Name | Character |
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Luis Miguel Cintra | Ens. Cabrita / Viriato / Dom João de Portugal / Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal |
Diogo Doria | Soldier Manuel / Lusitanian Warriror / Dom João's Cousin / Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin |
Miguel Guilherme | Soldier Salvador / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior / Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior |
Luís Lucas | Cpl. Brito / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Nobleman / Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman |
Carlos Gomes | Soldier Pedro / Alcácer Warrior |
António S. Lopes | Soldier / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior |
Mateus Lorena | Dom Sebastião |
Lola Forner | Princess Dona Isabel |
Raúl Fraire | Dom Afonso |
Ruy de Carvalho | Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior / Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho) |
Directors
Writers
Manoel de Oliveira, P. João Marques
Cast
Name | Character |
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Luis Miguel Cintra | Ens. Cabrita / Viriato / Dom João de Portugal / Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal |
Diogo Doria | Soldier Manuel / Lusitanian Warriror / Dom João's Cousin / Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin |
Miguel Guilherme | Soldier Salvador / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior / Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior |
Luís Lucas | Cpl. Brito / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Nobleman / Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman |
Carlos Gomes | Soldier Pedro / Alcácer Warrior |
António S. Lopes | Soldier / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior |
Mateus Lorena | Dom Sebastião |
Lola Forner | Princess Dona Isabel |
Raúl Fraire | Dom Afonso |
Ruy de Carvalho | Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior / Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho) |
Teresa Menezes | Venus |
Leonor Silveira | Tethys |
Paulo Matos | Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama |
Francisco Baião | Prince Dom João |
António Lupi | Soldier |
João Bénard da Costa | Baron of Alvito / Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida) |
Luís Mascarenhas | Dom Afonso V |
André Gago | Soldier |
Pepe Ruiz | Soldier |
Ángel Gómez | Soldier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paulo Branco | Producer |
François-Xavier Decraene | Producer |
Jean-Bernard Fetoux | Producer |
Gerardo Herrero | Producer |