Assault on the Santa Maria

Assault on the Santa Maria

104 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 23, 2010

On January 22, 1961, a group of Portuguese and Spanish opposition movement members seized control of the Santa Maria, a Portuguese luxury cruise liner, an operation devised by Henrique Galvão to expose the Government of Portugal as a dictatorship.

Assault on the Santa Maria

104 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 23, 2010

Assault on the Santa Maria
On January 22, 1961, a group of Portuguese and Spanish opposition movement members seized control of the Santa Maria, a Portuguese luxury cruise liner, an operation devised by Henrique Galvão to expose the Government of Portugal as a dictatorship.
Producers Take 2000
Original title Assalto ao Santa Maria
Directors Francisco Manso
Writers João Nunes, Vicente Alves do Ó

Cast

Carlos Paulo

as Capitão Henrique Galvão

Leonor Seixas

as Ilda Enes

Pedro Cunha

as Zé Ramos

Alfonso Agra

as Comandante Jorge de Sottomayor

Vítor Norte

as Tenente-Coronel Alfredo Enes

Miguel Borines

as Velo Mosquera

Bruno Simões

as Júlio

João Maria Pinto

as Comandante Mário Simões Maia

António Pedro Cerdeira

as Camilo Mortágua

Maria d'Aires

as Amália Enes

João Cabral

as Joaquim Paiva

André Gomes

as General Humberto Delgado

Keith Harle

as Jornalista Americano

Marcelo Melendreras

as Don Luis

Jorge Vasquez

as Imediato Inácio

Joaquim José Escaleira

as Radiotelegrafista Ferraz

Christian Escuredo

as Victor Velo

Miguel Rosas

as Luis Ackerman

Adriano Martins

as Piloto Nascimento Costa