Released:
1962-05-30

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...

Director:
Ernesto de Sousa

Runtime:
1h 42min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Raul Solnado
  as
  João Barbelas / Dom Roberto
• 
  Glicínia Quartin
  as
  Maria
• 
  Luís Cerqueira
  as
  Gabriel
• 
  Costa Ferreira
  as
  Amâncio
• 
  Rui Mendes
  as
  Serafim