Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
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.
April Captains
as Oscar (uncredited)Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued...
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Gestures and Fragments
as Himself"Essay on the Military and the Power", a phrase that also belongs to the title of "Gestures &...
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Oxalá
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip...
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Anos de Guerra - Guiné 1963-1974
as SelfThe colonial war. Remembering the past, filming the present, thinking about the future....
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O Meu Nome É...
as Self (uncredited)The daily experiences of many antifascists - who suffered, until the political prison, which...
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Monsanto
as MayorRui Sequeira, a former fighter in the Colonial War, resident of a small village of Alentejo,...
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The Voice and Ears of MFA
as SelfDocumentary short about the April’s Captains and the Carnation Revolution from the point of view...
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A Noite do Golpe de Estado
as Self (revolutionary captain)The operational commander of the "Captains Movement", describes and recreates a quarter of...
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Good Portuguese People
as Himself (revolutionary captain)Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in...
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Portugal 74-75 - O retrato do 25 de Abril
as uncreditedDocumentary in which the main events that marked the country and Portuguese society in the years...
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Se a Memória Existe
as HimselfA dozen of the revolutionary Army officers that played eminent parts in the change of political...
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Alta Definição
as SelfIn Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
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