"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."
Luís Miguel Cintra
as 2nd Lt. Cabrita / Viriato / King John II of Portugal
Miguel Guilherme
as Pvt. Salvador / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Diogo Dória
as Pvt. Manuel / Lusitanian Warrior / Diogo (King John's Cousin)
Luís Lucas
as Cpl. Brito / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Nobleman
Carlos Gomes
as Pvt. Pedro / Alcácer Warrior
António Sequeira Lopes
as Soldier / Lusitanian Warrior / Alcácer Warrior
Mateus Lorena
as King Sebastian of Portugal
Lola Forner
as Princess Dona Isabel
Raúl Fraire
as King Afonso I of Portugal
Ruy de Carvalho
as Preacher at Funeral / Suicidal Warrior
Teresa Menezes
as Venus
Leonor Silveira
as Tethys
Paulo Matos
as Radio Operator / Vasco da Gama
Francisco Baião
as Prince John
João Bénard da Costa
as Baron of Alvito
Luís Mascarenhas
as King Afonso V of Portugal
Jorge Rolla
as Priest / Wounded Man
José Ramos
as Friar Fernando
Ricardo Trêpa
as Soldier
Catarina Furtado
as Isle of Love Woman
Sofia Sá da Bandeira
André Gago
Ana David
as Statue at the Monastery of Batalha
Manoel de Oliveira
as Narrator
António Lupi
Pepe Ruiz
Ángel Gómez
Salvador Martos
Mateus Cardoso
Altino Almeida
Jaime Silva
Paulo Branco
Producer
Director
P. Joao Marques
Writer
Alejandro Massó
Original Music Composer
Gerardo Herrero
Sabine Franel
Editor
Zé Branco
Production Design
Screenplay
Isabel Branco
Costume Design
Elso Roque
Director of Photography
Luís Monteiro
Set Decoration
Jean-Paul Loublier
Sound Mixer
Anne Le Campion
Georges Demétrau
Special Effects
Gita Cerveira
Sound Designer
Jeanne Waltz
Props