Dom Roberto

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...

Cast

Raul Solnado

João Barbelas / Dom Roberto

Glicínia Quartin

Maria

Luís Cerqueira

Gabriel

Costa Ferreira

Amâncio

Rui Mendes

Serafim

Fernanda Alves

Ivone

N/A

Olga da Fonseca

Mariana

N/A

Carlos Fernando

Carlitos

Nicolau Breyner

Man in black

Adelaide João

Vizinha

Benjamim Falcão

Luís Alberto