Comedy ·Drama · Portugal · 1962 · 1h 42m

Dom Roberto

Director

Cast

Raul Solnado as João Barbelas / Dom Roberto Glicínia Quartin as Maria Luís Cerqueira as Gabriel Costa Ferreira as Amâncio Rui Mendes as Serafim Fernanda Alves as Ivone

Crew

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

Synopsis

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...

Key Collaborators

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

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