Dom Roberto
1962, Portuguese. Directed by Ernesto de Sousa.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 30 May 1962
- Country
- Portugal
- Written by
- Alexandre O'Neill, Leão Penedo
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Dom Roberto runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Dom Roberto isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 May 1962. (Checked 6 November 2026.)
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Who directed Dom Roberto?
Dom Roberto (1962) was directed by Ernesto de Sousa and stars Raul Solnado, Glicínia Quartin, Luís Cerqueira.