No, or the Vain Glory of Command

No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)

October 12th, 19901h 50min

War, Drama, History
61%

Overview

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973.


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