Dom Roberto (1962)
Overview
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...
Cast
Raul Solnado
João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
Glicínia Quartin
Maria
Luís Cerqueira
Gabriel
Costa Ferreira
Amâncio
Rui Mendes
Serafim
Fernanda Alves
Ivone
Nicolau Breyner
Man in black
Adelaide João
Vizinha
Benjamim Falcão
Luís Alberto
