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April Captains
April Captains

April Captains

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Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

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Budget

$6105121

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Runtime

123 mins

Rating

6.439/10

Release Date

21 April 2000

Country

Portugal

Cast

Stefano Accorsi

Stefano Accorsi

Maia

Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

Antónia

Joaquim de Almeida

Joaquim de Almeida

Gervásio

Frédéric Pierrot

Frédéric Pierrot

Manuel

Fele Martínez

Fele Martínez

Lobão

Manuel João Vieira

Manuel João Vieira

Fonseca

Marcantonio Del Carlo

Marcantonio Del Carlo

Silva

Emmanuel Salinger

Emmanuel Salinger

Botelho

Rita Durão

Rita Durão

Rosa

Duarte Guimarães

Duarte Guimarães

Daniel

Manuel Lobão

Manuel Lobão

Fernandes

Manuel Manquiña

Manuel Manquiña

Gabriel

Luís Miguel Cintra

Luís Miguel Cintra

Brigadeiro Pais

Joaquim Leitão

Joaquim Leitão

Filipe

Canto e Castro

Canto e Castro

Salieri

Rogério Samora

Rogério Samora

Rui Gama

Pedro Hestnes

Pedro Hestnes

Emílio

Marcello Urgeghe

Marcello Urgeghe

Radio speaker

José Airosa

José Airosa

Paulo Ruivo

António Capelo

António Capelo

Chamarro

Ruy de Carvalho

Ruy de Carvalho

Spínola

José Eduardo

José Eduardo

Virgílio

Carlos Matos Gomes

Carlos Matos Gomes

Coronel Matos

Pedro Efe

Pedro Efe

Old Sergeant

Henrique Viana

Henrique Viana

Brigadeiro Moura

Luís Mascarenhas

Luís Mascarenhas

Coronel Lopes

João Lagarto

João Lagarto

Jornalista Caxias

Sano de Perpessac

Sano de Perpessac

Florist

Vasco Pimentel

Vasco Pimentel

Crowd Journalist

João Reis

João Reis

Voice of Salgueiro Maia (voice)

Joaquim Nicolau

Joaquim Nicolau

Man in Crowd - Caxias

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

Oscar (uncredited)

Carlos Vieira

Carlos Vieira

Apontador

João Cabral

João Cabral

RCP Journalist

Miguel Melo

Miguel Melo

Young PIDE Police Officer

Marco Delgado

Marco Delgado

Barrack Soldier

Jerry Rudes

Jerry Rudes

American

Luís Lima Barreto

Luís Lima Barreto

2nd Minister

Guilherme Filipe

Guilherme Filipe

Inspector Santos

José Boavida

José Boavida

Radio technician

Pedro Carraca

Pedro Carraca

RCP Journalist

Paula Guedes

Paula Guedes

Irene

Igor Sampaio

Igor Sampaio

1.º Polícia RCP

António Victorino de Almeida

António Victorino de Almeida

Carmo Man

Nelson Monforte

Nelson Monforte

(Uncredited)

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