Dom Roberto

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Dom Roberto (1962)

Directed by Ernesto de Sousa

Comedy, Drama · 1h 42m

João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...

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Cast

Raul Solnado João Barbelas / Dom Roberto Glicínia Quartin Maria Luís Cerqueira Gabriel Costa Ferreira Amâncio Rui Mendes Serafim Fernanda Alves Ivone
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Olga da Fonseca Mariana
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Carlos Fernando Carlitos Nicolau Breyner Man in black
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Adelaide João Vizinha Benjamim Falcão Luís Alberto

Crew

Director
Ernesto de Sousa
Screenplay
Leão Penedo
Writer
Alexandre O'Neill
Director of Photography
Abel Escoto
Editor
Pablo G. del Amo

Details

Release date
1962-05-30
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original language
PT
Spoken languages
Portuguese
Countries
Portugal
Production
Cooperativa do Espectador