
Assault on the Santa Maria
2010, Portuguese. Directed by Francisco Manso.
On January 22, 1961, a group of Portuguese and Spanish opposition movement members seized control of the Santa Maria, a Portuguese luxury cruise liner, an operation devised by Henrique Galvão to expose the Government of Portugal as a dictatorship.
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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Cast & crew
- Francisco MansoDirector
- Carlos PauloCapitão Henrique Galvão
- Leonor SeixasIlda Enes
- Pedro CunhaZé Ramos
- Alfonso AgraComandante Jorge de Sottomayor
- Vítor NorteTenente-Coronel Alfredo Enes
- Miguel BorinesVelo Mosquera
- Bruno SimõesJúlio
- João Maria PintoComandante Mário Simões Maia
- António Pedro CerdeiraCamilo Mortágua
- Maria d'AiresAmália Enes
- João CabralJoaquim Paiva
- André GomesGeneral Humberto Delgado
Details
- Released
- 23 September 2010
- Original title
- Assalto ao Santa Maria
- Country
- Portugal
- Written by
- João Nunes, Vicente Alves do Ó
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Assault on the Santa Maria runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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Assault on the Santa Maria isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 September 2010. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Assault on the Santa Maria?
Assault on the Santa Maria (2010) was directed by Francisco Manso and stars Carlos Paulo, Leonor Seixas, Pedro Cunha.