No, or the Vain Glory of Command

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

110 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 12, 1990

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.

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

110 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 12, 1990

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Gemini Films, Tornasol Films, Madragoa Filmes
Original title 'Non', ou a Vã Glória de Mandar
Directors Manoel de Oliveira
Writers P. Joao Marques, Manoel de Oliveira

Cast

Diogo Dória

as Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin

Miguel Guilherme

as Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior

Luís Lucas

as Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman

Luís Miguel Cintra

as Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal

Ruy de Carvalho

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

Manoel de Oliveira

as Narrator

Catarina Furtado

as Isle of Love Woman

Sofia Sá da Bandeira

as Isle of Love Woman / Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)

Ricardo Trêpa

as Soldier (uncredited)

André Gago

as Soldier

João Bénard da Costa

as Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)

Paulo Matos

as Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama

Leonor Silveira

as Tethys