Portuguese Colonial War - Films About The War

Films About The War

  • Os Demonios de Alcacer-Quibir (Portugal 1975, director: Jose Fonseca da Costa).
  • La Vita è Bella (Portugal/Italy/USSR 1979), director: Grigori Naumowitsch Tschuchrai).
  • Sorte que tal Morte (Portugal 1981, director: Joao Matos Silva).
  • Acto dos Feitos da Guine (Portugal 1980, director: Fernando Matos Silva).
  • Gestos & Fragmentos - Ensaio sobre os Militares e o Poder (Portugal 1982, director: Alberto Seixas Santos).
  • Um Adeus Português (Portugal 1985, director: Joao Botelho).
  • Era Uma Vez Um Alferes (Portugal 1987, director: Luis Filipe Rocha).
  • Matar Saudades (Portugal 1987, director: Fernando Lopes Vasconcelos)
  • A Idade Maior (Portugal 1990, director: Teresa Villaverde Cabral).
  • "Non", ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (Portugal/France/Spain 1990, director: Manoel de Oliveira).
  • Ao Sul (Portugal 1993, director: Fernando Matos Silva).
  • Capitães de Abril (Captains of April, Portugal 2000, director: Maria de Medeiros).
  • Assalto ao Santa Maria (Assault on the Santa Maria, Portugal 2009, director: Francisco Manso).

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