No, or the Vain Glory of Command Poster

No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)

Oct 12, 1990 War, Drama, History 1h 47m
65%
User Score
7.2/10

Overview

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.

Manoel de Oliveira
Director
P. Joao Marques
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Luís Miguel Cintra
Luís Miguel Cintra

2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
Miguel Guilherme
Miguel Guilherme

Pvt. Salvador / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Diogo Dória
Diogo Dória

Pvt. Manuel / Lusitanian Warrior / Diogo (King John's Cousin)
Luís Lucas
Luís Lucas

Cpl. Brito / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Nobleman
Carlos Gomes
Carlos Gomes

Pvt. Pedro / Alcácer Warrior
António Sequeira Lopes
António Sequeira Lopes

Soldier / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Mateus Lorena
Mateus Lorena

King Sebastian of Portugal
Lola Forner
Lola Forner

Princess Dona Isabel
Raúl Fraire
Raúl Fraire

King Afonso I of Portugal

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar (1990)
Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar (1990)
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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written on January 1, 2023

**One of Oliveira's best… but weak, fragile, boring and a little unpatriotic.**

I already had the opportunity to see, and review here, more than one film by Manoel de Oliveira, and after having seen this film, I keep my ideas. I have absolutely nothing against the director, I really appreciate his tenacity, his passion for cinematographic art, the way he devoted himself to cinema in a country that never saw in cinema anything but a "fait-diver", and that never led him to seriously or adequately supported it (lack of interest and support that does not apply only to cinema, but is something common to all cultural manifestations in Portugal). Oliveira would have been one of the greatest European filmmakers, one of the most appreciated and recognized, if he had not had the misfortune of b...

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