No, or the Vain Glory of Command

October. 12,1990      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Diogo Dória as  Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin
Miguel Guilherme as  Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior
Luís Lucas as  Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman
Luís Miguel Cintra as  Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal
Manoel de Oliveira as  Narrator
Catarina Furtado as  Isle of Love Woman
Ricardo Trêpa as  Soldier (uncredited)
André Gago as  Soldier
João Bénard da Costa as  Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)
Paulo Matos as  Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama

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