No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1990
110
minutes
Drama, History, War
★★★★★
★★★★★
3.3
Directed By:
Manoel de Oliveira
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.
Language
Portuguese
Release Date
October 12, 1990
Cast
Diogo Dória
Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin
Miguel Guilherme
Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior
Luís Lucas
Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman
Luís Miguel Cintra
Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal
Ruy de Carvalho
Suicidal Warrior
Manoel de Oliveira
Narrator
Catarina Furtado
Isle of Love Woman
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Isle of Love Woman
Ricardo Trêpa
Soldier (uncredited)
André Gago
Soldier
João Bénard da Costa
Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)
Paulo Matos
Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama
Leonor Silveira
Tethys
Ruy de Carvalho
Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Writing
Production
Camera
Editing
Costume & Make-Up
Art
Sound
Anne Le Campion
Sound Mixer
Alejandro Massó
Original Music Composer
Jean-Paul Loublier
Sound Mixer
Gita Cerveira
Sound Designer
Crew