No, or the Vain Glory of Command

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.

War Drama History

Luís 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)

Paulo Matos

(Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama)

Francisco Baião

(Prince John)

João Bénard da Costa

(Baron of Alvito)

Luís Mascarenhas

(King Afonso V of Portugal)

Jorge Rolla

(Priest / Wounded Man)

José Ramos

(Friar Fernando)

Ricardo Trêpa

(Soldier)

Catarina Furtado

(Isle of Love Woman)

Sofia Sá da Bandeira

(Isle of Love Woman)

André Gago

(Soldier)

Ana David

(Statue at the Monastery of Batalha)

Manoel de Oliveira

(Narrator)

António Lupi

(Soldier)

Pepe Ruiz

(Soldier)

Ángel Gómez

(Soldier)

Salvador Martos

(Soldier)

Mateus Cardoso

(Soldier)

Altino Almeida

(Soldier)

Jaime Silva

(Soldier)