Dom Roberto
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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...
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Raul Solnado
João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
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Glicínia Quartin
Maria
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Alexandre O'Neill
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Ernesto de Sousa
Rafael Pena e Costa
Luís Cerqueira
Gabriel
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Leão Penedo
Costa Ferreira
Amâncio
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Rui Mendes
Serafim
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Fernanda Alves
Ivone
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Olga da Fonseca
Mariana
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Carlos Fernando
Carlitos
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O Milionário
Ernesto de Sousa Director · Leão Penedo Screenplay Alexandre O'Neill Writer
Budget $900K · First release May 30, 1962 · Produced in Portugal
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Budget
$900,000
Production
Cooperativa do Espectador
Production
Portugal
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · May 30, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
France
May 1, 1963 · Cannes International Film Festival
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