Captains of April (Capitães de Abril) 24 years old

Captains of April

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

Credits

Captains of April Cast

Name Character
Joaquim de Almeida He was 43, now 67 years old as Gervásio
Frédéric Pierrot He was 39, now 64 years old as Manuel
Canto e Castro as Salieri
Manuel João Vieira He was 37, now 62 years old as Fonseca
Maria de Medeiros She was 34, now 59 years old as Antónia
Emmanuel Salinger He was 35, now 60 years old as Botelho
António Capelo He was 44, now 68 years old as Chamarro
Carlos Vale Ferraz as Coronel Matos
Rita Durão She was 24, now 48 years old as Rosa
Fele Martínez He was 25, now 49 years old as Lobão
Duarte Guimarães He was 21, now 46 years old as Daniel
Stefano Accorsi He was 29, now 53 years old as Maia
Marcantonio Del Carlo as Silva
Henrique Viana He was 63, 71 years old when he died as Brigadeiro Moura
José Eduardo as Virgílio
Manuel Manquiña He was 46, now 71 years old as Gabriel
Joaquim Leitão He was 43, now 67 years old as Filipe
João Lagarto He was 45, now 70 years old as Jornalista Caxias
Pedro Hestnes He was 38, 49 years old when he died as Emílio
Rogério Samora He was 41, now 66 years old as Rui Gama
Marcello Urgeghe as Radio speaker
Manuel Lobão as Fernandes
José Airosa as Paulo Ruivo
Luís Miguel Cintra He was 50, now 75 years old as Brigadeiro Pais

Captains of April Crew

Name Department
Jacques Witta as Editor. He was 65 (now 90) years old Editing
Michel Abramowicz as Director of Photography. He was 50 (now 74) years old Camera
Maria de Medeiros as Director. She was 34 (now 59) years old Directing
Maria de Medeiros as Writer. She was 34 (now 59) years old Writing
Ève Deboise as Writer. She was 47 (now 71) years old Writing
Jacques Bidou as Producer. He was 55 (now 79) years old Production
Captains of April poster
Captains of April (24 years)

  • Release day: Friday, April 21, 2000
  • Runtime: 123 minutes
  • Budget: 6105121.00