Film

Dom Roberto

1962 · 1h 42m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

6.4

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...

Raul Solnado

João Barbelas / Dom Roberto

Glicínia Quartin

Maria

Luís Cerqueira

Gabriel

Costa Ferreira

Amâncio

Rui Mendes

Serafim

Fernanda Alves

Ivone

Olga da Fonseca

Mariana

Carlos Fernando

Carlitos

Nicolau Breyner

Man in black

Adelaide João

Vizinha

Benjamim Falcão

Luís Alberto

• Ernesto de SousaDirector
• Leão PenedoScreenplay
• Alexandre O'NeillWriter
• Abel EscotoDirector of Photography
• Pablo G. del AmoEditor

Release date

May 30, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Comedy, Drama