Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973.
Diogo Dória
as Soldier Manuel, Lusitanian warriror, Don João's cousin
Miguel Guilherme
as Soldier Salvador, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer warrior
Luís Lucas
as Cpl. Brito, Lusitanian warrior, Alcácer nobleman
Luís Miguel Cintra
as Ens. Cabrita, Viriato, Don João de Portugal
Ruy de Carvalho
as Suicidal Warrior
Manoel de Oliveira
as Narrator
Catarina Furtado
as Isle of Love Woman
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
as Isle of Love Woman
Ricardo Trêpa
as Soldier (uncredited)
André Gago
as Soldier
João Bénard da Costa
as Baron of Alvito (as Duarte de Almeida)
Paulo Matos
as Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama
