Movie details

Dom Roberto(1962)

Name: Dom Roberto
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1962-05-30
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Raul Solnado, Glicínia Quartin, Luís Cerqueira, Costa Ferreira, Rui Mendes

Comedy Drama

Status: Released
Release date: 1962-05-30
Runtime: 1h 42m
Rating: 6.8 / 10 (6 votes)
Original language: pt
Certification: -
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 1
Adult content: No

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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...