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...
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Alexandre O'NeillWriter
- Leão PenedoScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 30, 1962
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal
Production
Cast
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