List of Portuguese Colonial War films
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or television series which include events of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974). This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2]
1970s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Angola France |
Sambizanga | Sarah Maldoror | Drama. Based on a novel The Real Life of Domingos Xavier. | |
| 1974 | Portugal Angola |
Maltese, bourgeois and sometimes... | Malteses, burgueses e às vezes... | Artur Semedo | Adventure, Comedy, Crime. |
| 1976 | Portugal | The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir | Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir | José Fonseca e Costa | Drama |
| 1979 | Soviet Union Italy |
Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella Жизнь прекрасна |
Grigory Chukhray | Drama. |
| 1979 | Portugal | The Last Soldier | O Último Soldado | Jorge Alves Da Silva | Drama. |
| 1979 | Mozambique | Mueda, Memory and Massacre | Mueda, Memória e Massacre | Ruy Guerra | Drama. |
1980s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Portugal Austria |
The Fault | A Culpa | António Victorino de Almeida | Drama, War. |
| 1981 | Portugal | Better Luck Than Death | Antes a Sorte Que Tal Morte | João Matos Silva | Comedy. Carnation Revolution |
| 1985 | Mozambique Yugoslavia |
The Time of Leopards | O Tempo dos Leopardos Vreme leoparda |
Zdravko Velimirović | Action, Drama, War. |
| 1986 | Portugal | A Portuguese Goodbye | Um Adeus Português | João Botelho | Drama. |
| 1987 | Mozambique | The Wind Blows from the North | O Vento Sopra do Norte | José Cardoso | |
| 1988 | Guinea-Bissau | Those Whom Death Refused | Mortu Nega | Flora Gomes | Drama, War. |
1990s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Portugal Spain France Senegal |
No, or the Vain Glory of Command | Non, ou a Vã Glória de Mandar | Manoel de Oliveira | Drama, History, War. |
| 1991 | Portugal Germany |
Alex | A Idade Maior | Teresa Villaverde | Drama. |
| 1994 | Netherlands Guinea-Bissau |
Xime | Sana Na N'Hada | Drama. | |
| 1995 | Portugal | Ao Sul | Fernando Matos Silva | Drama. | |
| 1999 | Portugal Spain |
Inferno | Joaquim Leitão | Action, Crime, Thriller. |
2000s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | France Portugal Spain Italy |
April Captains | Capitães de Abril | Maria de Medeiros | Drama, History, War. Salgueiro Maia, Carnation Revolution |
| 2003 | Portugal United Kingdom Luxembourg |
The Immortals | Os Imortais | António-Pedro Vasconcelos | Action, Crime, Drama, War. Based on a novel Os Lobos Não Usam Coleira. |
| 2003 | Portugal | Black and white | Preto E Branco | José Carlos de Oliveira | |
| 2004 | Portugal | The Murmuring Coast | A Costa dos Murmúrios | Margarida Cardoso | Drama. Based on a novel A Costa dos Murmúrios. |
| 2006 | Portugal | 20.13: Purgatory | 20,13 Purgatório | Joaquim Leitão | Drama, Mystery, War. |
2010s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Angola Portugal Brazil |
The Great Kilapy | O Grande Kilapy | Zézé Gamboa | Comedy, Crime, Drama. |
| 2013 | Switzerland France Portugal |
Longwave | Les Grandes Ondes (à l'ouest) As Ondas de Abril |
Lionel Baier | Comedy, Drama, History. Carnation Revolution |
| 2016 | Portugal Germany |
Letters from War | Cartas da Guerra | Ivo Ferreira | Drama. Based on a novel D'este viver aqui neste papel descripto: Cartas da guerra. |
| 2016 | United Kingdom | Mona | Onuora Abuah | History, Thriller. |
2020s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Portugal | War | Guerra | José Oliveira Marta Ramos Mariana Parasense |
Drama. |
| 2021 | Portugal | The Sound That Descends to Earth | O Som Que Desce na Terra | Sérgio Graciano | Drama. |
| 2022 | Portugal France Angola |
Tommy Guns | Nação Valente | Carlos Conceição | Adventure, Drama, War. |
| 2022 | Portugal | Salgueiro Maia: The Implicated | Salgueiro Maia - O Implicado | Sérgio Graciano | Biography, Drama. Salgueiro Maia |
| 2023 | Guinea-Bissau France Portugal Angola |
Nome | Sana Na N'Hada | Drama, War. | |
| 2024 | Portugal | Your Face Will Be the Last | O Teu Rosto Será o Último | Luís Filipe Rocha | Drama. Based on a novel O Teu Rosto Será o Último. |
Science fiction, fantasy and horror
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Portugal Angola |
The Dogs' Island | A Ilha dos Cães | Jorge António | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror. |
Television films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Portugal | Once Upon a Time There Was an Ensign | Era Uma Vez Um Alferes | Luís Filipe Costa | Drama. Based on a novel Era uma vez um Alferes. |
TV series
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Portugal | Salgueiro Maia - The Implicated: The Series | Salgueiro Maia - O Implicado: A Série | Sérgio Graciano | Biography, Drama. Salgueiro Maia |
References
- ^ Cunha, Paulo (2003). "Guerra Colonial e Colonialismo no Cinema Português". uBibliorum Digital Repository of the University of Beira Interior. University of Beira Interior.
- ^ Maurício, Carlos (2013). "Um longo degelo: a guerra colonial e a descolonização nos ecrãs portugueses (1974-1994)". OpenEdition Journals.