Captains of April

Captains of April

123 mins | Drama, History | April 21, 2000

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

Captains of April

123 mins | Drama, History | April 21, 2000

Captains of April
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers France 2 Cinéma, ARTE France Cinéma, Alia Films, JBA Production, Société Française de Production (SFP), RTP, FMB Films, Mutante Filmes
Original title Capitães de Abril
Directors Maria de Medeiros
Writers Ève Deboise, Maria de Medeiros

Cast

Stefano Accorsi

as Maia

Maria de Medeiros

as Antónia

Joaquim de Almeida

as Gervásio

Frédéric Pierrot

as Manuel

Fele Martínez

as Lobão

Manuel João Vieira

as Fonseca

Emmanuel Salinger

as Botelho

Rita Durão

as Rosa

Duarte Guimarães

as Daniel

Manuel Lobão

as Fernandes

Manuel Manquiña

as Gabriel

Luís Miguel Cintra

as Brigadeiro Pais

Joaquim Leitão

as Filipe

Canto e Castro

as Salieri

Rogério Samora

as Rui Gama

Pedro Hestnes

as Emílio

Marcello Urgeghe

as Radio speaker

José Airosa

as Paulo Ruivo

António Capelo

as Chamarro

Ruy de Carvalho

as Spínola

José Eduardo

as Virgílio

Carlos Vale Ferraz

as Coronel Matos

Pedro Efe

as Old Sergeant

Henrique Viana

as Brigadeiro Moura

Luís Mascarenhas

as Coronel Lopes

João Lagarto

as Jornalista Caxias

Sano De Perpessac

as Florist

Vasco Pimentel

as Crowd Journalist

João Reis

as Voice of Salgueiro Maia (voice)

Joaquim Nicolau

as Man in Crowd - Caxias

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

as Oscar (uncredited)

Carlos Vieira

as Apontador

João Cabral

as RCP Journalist

Miguel Melo

as Young PIDE Police Officer

Marco Delgado

as Barrack Soldier

Jerry Rudes

as American

Luís Lima Barreto

as 2nd Minister

Guilherme Filipe

as Inspector Santos

José Boavida

as Radio technician

Pedro Carraca

as RCP Journalist

Paula Guedes

as Irene

Igor Sampaio

as 1.º Polícia RCP

Nelson Monforte

as (Uncredited)