Balada da Praia dos Cães

Balada da Praia dos Cães

86 mins | Drama, Crime | March 12, 1987

In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.

Balada da Praia dos Cães

86 mins | Drama, Crime | March 12, 1987

Balada da Praia dos Cães
In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Animatógrafo, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Andrea Films, Filmforn Marcel D'Almeida
Original title Balada da Praia dos Cães
Directors José Fonseca e Costa, Jorge Paixão da Costa
Writers José Cardoso Pires, Pedro Bandeira-Freire, José Fonseca e Costa, Antonio Larreta, Shawn Slovo

Cast

Assumpta Serna

as Mena

Raul Solnado

as Elias Santana

Patrick Bauchau

as Capt. Dantas

Sergi Mateu

as Fontenova

Carmen Dolores

as D. Otilia

Pedro Efe

as Cpl. Barroca

Henrique Viana

as Otero

Mario Pardo

as Roque

Melim Teixeira

as Driver

Luís Santos

as Butler

Francisco Pestana

as Oficial

Teresa Mónica

as Maid

F. Quiroga

as Inspector Melo

Manuel Cavaco

as Tramp

António Feio

as Voice of Roque (voice) (uncredited)

José Jorge Duarte

as Voice of Fonte Nova (voice) (uncredited)

Paula Guedes

as Voice of Mena de Ataíde (voice) (uncredited)

Mário Viegas

as Voice of Captain Dantas (voice) (uncredited)