Frei Luís de Sousa
1950, Portuguese. Directed by António Lopes Ribeiro.
Seven years after the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir, where King Sebastian and the nobleman Dom João disappeared, the latter's wife Dona Madalena de Vilhena finally gives up hope that he'll return and marries the knight Dom Manuel de Sousa Coutinho, with whom she has a daughter, who is afflicted by a fatal illness. Now only the tutor Telmo Pais retains the hope that the lost husband is alive, a premonition that may be confirmed after two decades, with the arrival of a mysterious pilgrim...
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- António Lopes RibeiroDirector
- Maria SampaioD. Madalena de Vilhena
- Raul de CarvalhoD. Manuel de Sousa Coutinho
- María DulceD. Maria de Noronha
- João VillaretTelmo Pais
- Barreto PoeiraRomeiro / D. João de Portugal
- Tomás de MacedoDom Jorge
- José AmaroMiranda
- Maria OlguimDoroteia
- Jaime SantosPadre de Benfica
- José VictorIrmão Leigo
Details
- Released
- 21 September 1950
- Country
- Portugal
- Written by
- António Lopes Ribeiro, Almeida Garrett
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Frei Luís de Sousa runs 118 minutes (1h 58m).
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Frei Luís de Sousa isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 September 1950. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Frei Luís de Sousa?
Frei Luís de Sousa (1950) was directed by António Lopes Ribeiro and stars Maria Sampaio, Raul de Carvalho, María Dulce.