Dom RobertoMovie
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...
About Dom Roberto
Dom Roberto is a 1962 comedy, drama movie directed by Ernesto de Sousa.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 42m, production credits from Portugal, an original language code of PT.
The credited cast includes Raul Solnado, Glicínia Quartin, Luís Cerqueira, Costa Ferreira. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
