No, or the Vain Glory of Command poster

No, or the Vain Glory of Command( 1990)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Diogo Dória

      Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin

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      Miguel Guilherme

      Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior

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      Luís Lucas

      Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman

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      Luís Miguel Cintra

      Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal

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      Ruy de Carvalho

      Suicidal Warrior

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      Manoel de Oliveira

      Narrator

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      Catarina Furtado

      Isle of Love Woman

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      Sofia Sá da Bandeira

      Isle of Love Woman

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      Ricardo Trêpa

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      André Gago

      Soldier

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      João Bénard da Costa

      Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)

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      Paulo Matos

      Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama

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      Leonor Silveira

      Tethys

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      Ruy de Carvalho

      Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)

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      Sofia Sá da Bandeira

      Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

    4
    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Sun Jan 01 2023
    **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 that never saw in cinema anything but a "fait-diver", and that never led him to seriously or adequately supported it (lack of interest and support that does not apply only to cinema, but is something co...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • portugal
    • portuguese history