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No, or the Vain Glory of Command

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'No, or the Vain Glory of Command' is a 1990 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film, starring Lus 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 Alccer 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 (196174). He easily draws his comrades into philosophical musings, while the little contingent suffers surprise attacks by groups of independentist guerrillas.

It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast



* Lus Miguel Cintra 2 Lt. Cabrita, Viriato, Dom Joo of Portugal

* Diogo Dria Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warrior, Dom Joo's cousin

* Miguel Guilherme Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alccer warrior

* Lus Lucas Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alccer nobleman

* Carlos Gomes Soldier Pedro, Alccer warrior

* Antnio S. Lopes Soldier, Lusitanian warrior, Alccer warrior

* Mateus Lorena Dom Sebastio

* Lola Forner Princess Dona Isabel

* Ral Fraire Dom Afonso

* Ruy de Carvalho Preacher at funeral, Suicidal warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)

* Teresa Menezes Venus (as Teresa Meneses)

* Leonor Silveira Tethys

* Paulo Matos Radio operator, Vasco da Gama, Cames

* Francisco Baio Prince Dom Joo

* Lus Mascarenhas Dom Afonso V

* Duarte de Almeida Baron of Alvito

References




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