No, or the Vain Glory of Command

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.

War Drama History

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))