Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973.
as Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin
as Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior
as Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman
as Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal
as Suicidal Warrior
as Narrator
as Isle of Love Woman
as Isle of Love Woman
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Soldier
as Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)
as Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama
as Tethys
as Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior (as Rui de Carvalho)
as Isle of Love Woman (uncredited)