''No, or the Vain Glory of Command'' ( pt, Non, ou a Vã Gloria de Mandar) is a 1990 Portuguese film directed by

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. The film, starring

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and

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, depicts a series of defeats from the entire

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– the assassination of

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, the

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, the failed attempt of Iberian Union under Afonso of Portugal and Isabella of Spain and the

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– and the Lusiads episode of the Island of love, which are told through flashbacks as a professorish Portuguese lieutenant recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African overseas territory in 1974, during the

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(1961–74). He easily draws his comrades into philosophical musings, while the little contingent suffers surprise attacks by groups of independentist guerrillas. It was screened out of competition at the

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Cast

– 2º Lt. Cabrita, Viriato, Dom João of Portugal *

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– Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian

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, Dom João's cousin *

– Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior * Luís Lucas – Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman * Carlos Gomes – Soldier Pedro, Alcácer warrior * António S. Lopes – Soldier, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior * Mateus Lorena –

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– Princess Dona Isabel * Raúl Fraire – Dom Afonso *

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– Preacher at funeral, Suicidal warrior (as Rui de Carvalho) * Teresa Menezes –

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(as Teresa Meneses) *

Leonor Silveira Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes (born 28 October 1970) is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in '' The Cannibals'' for director Manoel de Oliveira in 1988. She appeared in most of Oliveira's subsequent films. She is the d ...

– Tethys *

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– Radio operator,

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, Camões * Francisco Baião – Prince Dom João * Luís Mascarenhas – Dom Afonso V * Duarte de Almeida – Baron of Alvito

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* 1990 films 1990s historical adventure films Portuguese historical adventure films 1990s Portuguese-language films 1990 drama films Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira Adventure films based on actual events Films produced by Paulo Branco {{Portugal-film-stub