Dom Roberto (1962)
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...
- Country : Portugal
- Genre : Comedy, Drama
- Studio : Cooperativa do Espectador
- Director : Ernesto de Sousa
- Cast : Raul Solnado, Glicínia Quartin, Luís Cerqueira, Costa Ferreira, Rui Mendes, Fernanda Alves