The Guns and the People (1975)

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Released:
1975-01-01

Overview:
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnation Revolution", as that period would be later known.

Directors:
Eduardo Geada, Moedas Miguel, Luís Galvão Teles, António Escudeiro, António da Cunha Telles, José de Sá Caetano, Manuel Costa e Silva, Fernando Lopes, Acácio de Almeida, Artur Semedo, António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Elso Roque, Alberto Seixas Santos, Glauber Rocha, João Matos Silva, António de Macedo, Henrique Espírito Santo, João César Monteiro, José Fonseca e Costa, Fernando Matos Silva

Runtime:
1h 22min

Genre:
Documentary

  • Cast:
  • Glauber Rocha
    as
    Himself
  • Adelino Gomes
    as
    Narrator
  • Fernando Balsinha
    as
    Narrator
  • Júlio Isidro
    as
    Narrator
  • Mário Soares
    as
    Himself