Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his fellow soldiers while they march through an African colony in revolt during 1973.
Producer: Paulo Branco, Gerardo Herrero
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Writer: P. Joao Marques
Screenplay: Manoel de Oliveira
Director of Photography: Elso Roque