Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973.
Luís Miguel Cintra
2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
Miguel Guilherme
Pvt. Salvador / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Diogo Dória
Pvt. Manuel / Lusitanian Warrior / Diogo (King John's Cousin)
Luís Lucas
Cpl. Brito / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Nobleman
Carlos Gomes
Pvt. Pedro / Alcácer Warrior
António Sequeira Lopes
Soldier / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Mateus Lorena
King Sebastian of Portugal
Lola Forner
Princess Dona Isabel
Raúl Fraire
King Afonso I of Portugal
Ruy de Carvalho
Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior
Teresa Menezes
Venus
Leonor Silveira
Tethys
Seven Beauties
Strayed
The Recce
Armadillo
Thule
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
The War Below
The Duellists
The Four Feathers
Henry V
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
The Scarlet and the Black
The Guns of Navarone
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
War and Peace
The Riddle of the Sands
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Boy in the Woods
Lion of the Desert
Operation Mincemeat