No, or the Vain Glory of Command

6.3(26)19901h 47m

WarDramaHistory

Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973.

Director

Manoel de Oliveira

Cast

Luis Miguel Cintra

2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal

Miguel Guilherme

Pvt. Salvador / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior

Diogo Dória

Pvt. Manuel / Lusitanian Warrior / Diogo (King John's Cousin)

Luís Lucas

Cpl. Brito / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Nobleman

Carlos Gomes

Pvt. Pedro / Alcácer Warrior

António Sequeira Lopes

Soldier / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior

Mateus Lorena

King Sebastian of Portugal

Lola Forner

Princess Dona Isabel

Raúl Fraire

King Afonso I of Portugal

Ruy de Carvalho

Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior

Teresa Menezes

Venus

Leonor Silveira

Tethys

Reviews

1 review

FilipeManuelNeto

3y ago

4.0

**One of Oliveira's best… but weak, fragile, boring and a little unpatriotic.** I already had the opportunity to see, and review here, more than one film by Manoel de Oliveira, and after having seen this film, I keep my ideas. I have absolutely nothing against the director, I really appreciate his tenacity, his passion for cinematographic art, the way he devoted himself to cinema in a country t...