Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal.
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Nuno Lopes
Sargento Francisco Xavier
Soraia Chaves
Martírio
Marisa Paredes
D. Filipa Sanches
John Malkovich
General Wellington
Carloto Cotta
Tenente Pedro de Alencar
Victoria Guerra
Clarissa
Marcello Urgeghe
Major Jonathan Foster
Jemima West
Maureen
Afonso Pimentel
Zé Maria
Miguel Borges
Manuel Penabranca
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