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.
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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
André Gago
Ana David
Statue at the Monastery of Batalha
Manoel de Oliveira
Narrator
António Lupi
Pepe Ruiz
Ángel Gómez
Salvador Martos
Mateus Cardoso
Altino Almeida
Jaime Silva
Paulo Branco
Producer
Director
P. Joao Marques
Writer
Alejandro Massó
Original Music Composer
Gerardo Herrero
Sabine Franel
Editor
Zé Branco
Production Design
Screenplay
Isabel Branco
Costume Design
Elso Roque
Director of Photography
Luís Monteiro
Set Decoration
Jean-Paul Loublier
Sound Mixer
Anne Le Campion
Georges Demétrau
Special Effects
Gita Cerveira
Sound Designer
Jeanne Waltz
Props
