Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

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Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho, is a retired Portuguese military officer. He was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon. After the Revolution, Otelo assumed leadership roles in the first Portuguese Provisional Governments, alongside Vasco Gonçalves and Francisco da Costa Gomes, and as the head of military defense force COPCON. In 1976, Otelo ran in the first Portuguese presidential election, in which he placed second with the base of his support coming from the far-left. In the 1980s Otelo was accused of having involvement with the controversial Forças Populares 25 de Abril.


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April Captains

as Oscar (uncredited)
Released: 2000-04-21

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued...

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The Voice and Ears of MFA

as Self
Released: 2017-04-25

Documentary short about the April’s Captains and the Carnation Revolution from the point of view...

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Oxalá

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1981-05-08

A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip...

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A Noite do Golpe de Estado

as Self (revolutionary captain)
Released: 2001-01-01

The operational commander of the "Captains Movement", describes and recreates a quarter of...

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Monsanto

as Mayor
Released: 2000-02-15

Rui Sequeira, a former fighter in the Colonial War, resident of a small village of Alentejo,...

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Gestures and Fragments

as Himself
Released: 1983-02-22

"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures &...

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Good Portuguese People

as Himself (revolutionary captain)
Released: 1981-11-18

Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in...

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Se a Memória Existe

as Himself
Released: 2000-04-13

A dozen of the revolutionary Army officers that played eminent parts in the change of political...

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Anos de Guerra - Guiné 1963-1974

as Self
Released: 2000-01-01

The colonial war. Remembering the past, filming the present, thinking about the future....

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O Meu Nome É...

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1978-06-01

The daily experiences of many antifascists - who suffered, until the political prison, which...

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Portugal 74-75 - O retrato do 25 de Abril

as uncredited
Released: 1994-04-24

Documentary in which the main events that marked the country and Portuguese society in the years...

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Alta Definição

as Self
First aired: 2009-09-12

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

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The Conspiracy

as uncredited
First aired: 2024-04-24

"The Conspiracy", a documentary series directed by António-Pedro Vasconcelos, is the result of a...

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