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Frei Luís de Sousa
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Frei Luís de Sousa

1950-09-21 · 118 min · ★ 6.4

Drama · Family · History

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...

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Directors
António Lopes Ribeiro
Production companies
Lisboa Filme, Fundo do Cinema Nacional
Countries
Portugal
Status
Released

Top Cast

Maria SampaioMaria SampaioD. Madalena de Vilhena
Raul de CarvalhoRaul de CarvalhoD. Manuel de Sousa Coutinho
María DulceMaría DulceD. Maria de Noronha
João VillaretJoão VillaretTelmo Pais
Barreto PoeiraBarreto PoeiraRomeiro / D. João de Portugal
Tomás de MacedoDom Jorge
José AmaroJosé AmaroMiranda
Maria OlguimMaria OlguimDoroteia
Jaime SantosPadre de Benfica
José VictorJosé VictorIrmão Leigo

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