The Holy Alliance (1980)
2h
Running Time
March 19, 1980Release Date
Plot.
In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup. They were even more disgruntled when they realized how the coup was being manipulated by leftist officers to instigate genuine elections and establish a constitution for the first time in Portuguese history. Though their intent was to form a radical socialist state, circumstances prevented this, and a genuine parliamentary democracy emerged. This film explores the circumstances of a right-wing businessman during those times. The man is an old-fashioned authoritarian, whose attentiveness to the needs of his mistress, wife and son is crude where it exists at all.
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Cast & Crew.

Io Appolloni
Sandra

Lia Gama
Maria

Henrique Viana
José Saraiva

Helena Isabel
Sandra's model

Adelaide João
Nurse

Luís Mascarenhas

Orlando Costa

António Anjos
Actor #1

Teresa Roby

Baptista Fernandes
Actor

Victor de Sousa

Cândido Mota
Seminar rector

Camacho Costa

Carlos Santos

Eduardo Geada
Director / Screenplay / Editor

Edgar Gonsalves Preto
Screenplay / Assistant Director

Sebastião Godinho
Art Direction

Manuel Costa e Silva
Director of Photography

Francisco Silva
Director of Photography

Maria da Conceição Madureira
Makeup Artist

Manuel Machado da Luz
Screenplay

Pedro Osório
Music

João Carlos Gorjão
Sound Designer

Bento Palma
Sound Designer
Details.
Release DateMarch 19, 1980
Original NameA Santa Aliança
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
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