Release Date: 1962-05-30
Overview: 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...
Rating: 6.2 / 10
Raul Solnado
as João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
Glicínia Quartin
as Maria
Luís Cerqueira
as Gabriel
Costa Ferreira
as Amâncio
Rui Mendes
as Serafim
Abel Escoto - Director of Photography
Pablo G. del Amo - Editor
Ernesto de Sousa - Director
Alexandre O'Neill - Writer
Leão Penedo - Dialogue
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