A man who set out for Africa to fight in the name of Christ becomes an immortal legend when he disappears after confronting a Muslim sultan in director Manoel de Oliveira's adaptation of a play by Jose Regio. In the late 1570s, Dom Sebastiao (Ricardo Trepa) longed to establish a Portuguese empire, ...more
The Fifth Empire - Yesterday as Today
Year: 2004 | Running Time: 127 minutes
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- Ricardo Trepa - King Sebastian
- Luis Miguel Cintra - The Holy Cobbler
- Gloria de Matos - Queen Catarina
- Miguel Guilherme
- Manoel de Oliveira - Director
- Paulo Branco - Producer
- Manoel de Oliveira - Screenwriter
- Isabel Branco - Costume Designer
- Valerie Loiseleux - Editor
- Ze Branco - Production Designer
- Sabine Lancelin - Cinematographer
- Philippe Morel - Sound/Sound Designer
- Jose Regio - Play Author










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