Dom Roberto (1962)

30 May 1962 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 42m

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...

Ernesto de Sousa
Director

Alexandre O'Neill, Leão Penedo
Writer

Raul Solnado, Glicínia Quartin, Luís Cerqueira
Starring

Language: Portuguese
Awards:
Country: Portugal
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6.4

IMDb (46 votes)