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.
Maia
Stefano Accorsi
Antónia
Maria de Medeiros
Gervásio
Joaquim de Almeida
Manuel
Frédéric Pierrot
Lobão
Fele Martínez
Fonseca
Manuel João Vieira
Silva
Marcantonio Del Carlo
Botelho
Emmanuel Salinger
Rosa
Rita Durão
Daniel
Duarte Guimarães
Fernandes
Manuel Lobão
Gabriel
Manuel Manquiña
Brigadeiro Pais
Luís Miguel Cintra
Filipe
Joaquim Leitão
Salieri
Canto e Castro
Rui Gama
Rogério Samora
Emílio
Pedro Hestnes
Radio speaker
Marcello Urgeghe
Paulo Ruivo
José Airosa
Chamarro
António Capelo
Spínola
Ruy de Carvalho
Virgílio
José Eduardo
Coronel Matos
Carlos Matos Gomes
Old Sergeant
Pedro Efe
Brigadeiro Moura
Henrique Viana
Coronel Lopes
Luís Mascarenhas
Jornalista Caxias
João Lagarto
Florist
Sano de Perpessac
Crowd Journalist
Vasco Pimentel
Voice of Salgueiro Maia (voice)
João Reis
Man in Crowd - Caxias
Joaquim Nicolau
Oscar (uncredited)
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Apontador
Carlos Vieira
RCP Journalist
João Cabral
Young PIDE Police Officer
Miguel Melo
Barrack Soldier
Marco Delgado
American
Jerry Rudes
2nd Minister
Luís Lima Barreto
Inspector Santos
Guilherme Filipe
Radio technician
José Boavida
RCP Journalist
Pedro Carraca
Irene
Paula Guedes
1.º Polícia RCP
Igor Sampaio
Carmo Man
António Victorino de Almeida
(Uncredited)
Nelson Monforte