Release Date

30 May, 1962

Runtime

01:42: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Raul Solnado

Glicínia Quartin

Luís Cerqueira

Costa Ferreira

Rui Mendes

Fernanda Alves

Olga da Fonseca

Carlos Fernando

Nicolau Breyner

Adelaide João

Benjamim Falcão

Luís Alberto

Crew

Pablo G. del Amo

Abel Escoto

Leão Penedo

Ernesto de Sousa

Alexandre O'Neill

Leão Penedo