Deus Pátria Autoridade

Deus Pátria Autoridade (1976)

Scenes of Portuguese Life 1910-1974

The history of Portugal since the Republican revolution of 1910 to the revolutionary period following the military coup of April 24, 1974, recounted with a marxist perspective, using historic sound and film documents. The title refers to a trilogy of values proclaimed by Salazar, prime minister of Portugal in 1936.

Date of release
1976-02-21
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Rui Simões

Casting

Interesting facts

Deus, Pátria, Autoridade is a 1975 Portuguese film by the filmmaker Rui Simões. It is a feature-length documentary film made up of historic newsreels made by the Estado Novo dictatorship, especially under António de Oliveira Salazar.

Production and reception

The Portuguese filmmaker Rui Simões directed, wrote the screenplay, and produced the film for the film collective Cooperativa Virver. The work was financed mainly by the Portuguese state Instituto Português de Cinema (today the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, ICA), with the participation of the public television broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP).

The film premiered at the Universal Cinema in Lisbon, on 21 February 1976, and enjoyed a successful run with 22,188 tickets sold. However, the film was frequently shown outside of regular cinemas, on a wide variety of occasions, probably reaching several hundred thousand people.

Costa do Castelo Filmes released the film on VHS videocassette and on DVD in 2006; later, Real Ficção re-released the film on DVD.

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