On April 25, 1974, a man walked alone in Largo do Carmo. He knocked on the GNR military barracks door and entered, unarmed and without any escorts. Inside, the Government’s chief, Marcelo Caetano, waited, surrounded by the military and the people. The man who stared at him that afternoon and demanded surrender, guaranteeing his safety, had just led Santarém’s Artillery 1 regiment in taking the capital. Without firing a single shot, he managed to overthrow a regime that was over 48 years old. That was the last step to take and he took it, without hesitation, becoming the unavoidable figure of the day that marked the beginning of democracy in Portugal
Tomás Alves
as Salgueiro Maia
Frederico Barata
as Delfim
Filipa Areosa
as Natércia
José Condessa
as Martinho
Rodrigo Tomás
as Estêvão
Catarina Wallenstein
as Marta
Rita Tristão da Silva
as Cátia
Diogo Martins
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António Fonseca
as Marcello Caetano
Dinarte Branco
as Comandante Morgado
Gonçalo Portela
as Vasco Lourenço
João Cachola
as Carlos Matos Gomes
