At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief Gungunhana, who had rebelled against Portuguese government and sovereignty.
Mouzinho instantly becomes a national hero but his raising popularity worries the State.
Ludmila Mikaël
as Mariana
Arnaud Giovaninetti
as Nuno
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Rodrigo
Julie Sergeant
as Estefânia
Jose Coronado
as Gastão
Christine Chevreux
as Rosa
Joaquim de Almeida
as Manuel
José Mário Branco
as Mouzinho
Antonio Ferrandis
as José Luciano
Montserrat Salvador
as Titão
Rogério Samora
as Lencastre
Pedro Efe
as Leitão
