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...
Stars: Raul Solnado, Glicínia Quartin, Luís Cerqueira, Costa Ferreira, Rui Mendes, Fernanda Alves
Crew: Pablo G. del Amo (Editor), Abel Escoto (Director of Photography), Leão Penedo (Screenplay), Ernesto de Sousa (Director), Alexandre O'Neill (Writer), Leão Penedo (Dialogue)
Country: Portugal
Language: Português
Studio: Cooperativa do Espectador
Runtime: 102 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 30, 1962
IMDb: 5.2
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