Frei Luís de Sousa (1950)
Seven years after the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir, where King Sebastian and the nobleman Dom João disappeared, the latter's wife Dona Madalena de Vilhena finally gives up hope that he'll return and marries the knight Dom Manuel de Sousa Coutinho, with whom she has a daughter, who is afflicted by a fatal illness. Now only the tutor Telmo Pais retains the hope that the lost husband is alive, a premonition that may be confirmed after two decades, with the arrival of a mysterious pilgrim...
Director:
António Lopes Ribeiro
Writer:
António Lopes Ribeiro
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Maria Sampaio as D. Madalena de Vilhena |
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Raul de Carvalho as D. Manuel de Sousa Coutinho |
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María Dulce as D. Maria de Noronha |
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João Villaret as Telmo Pais |
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Barreto Poeira as Romeiro / D. João de Portugal |
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Tomás de Macedo as Dom Jorge |
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José Amaro as Miranda |
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Maria Olguim as Doroteia |
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Jaime Santos as Padre de Benfica |
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José Victor as Irmão Leigo |
| Directing | António Lopes Ribeiro | Director |
| Writing | António Lopes Ribeiro | Screenplay |
| Writing | Almeida Garrett | Writer |
| Sound | Jaime Silva Filho | Music |
| Camera | Aquilino Mendes | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mário Moreira | Director of Photography |
| Editing | António Lopes Ribeiro | Editor |
| Art | António Lopes Ribeiro | Production Design |
| Art | Frederico George | Set Decoration |
| Art | Almeida e Sousa | Set Decorating Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carlos Ribeiro | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | José María Sánchez | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Carlos F. Ribeiro | Production Manager |
| Directing | Manuel Guimarães | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Manuel Barão | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | António Braz | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Henrique Dominguez | Sound |
| Sound | Vasco Leal | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Augusto Camilo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | João Moreira | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Anahori | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Editing | Isabel de Sá | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Januário Moreira | Location Manager |
| Production | António Veríssimo | Location Manager |