Dom Roberto

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...

Country:

Portugal

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

102 minutes

Year:

1962

Director:

Ernesto de Sousa

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Company:

Cooperativa do Espectador

Cast:

João Barbelas / Dom Roberto

Maria

Gabriel

Amâncio

Serafim

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Writer

Director

Dialogue

Screenplay

Director of Photography