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...

Released May 30, 1962 102 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Cooperativa do Espectador

Country: Portugal
Production Country: Portugal
Languages: Portuguese