Luís immigrated to the USA and intends to become an American. But after his father invites him on a journey to the Portuguese territories in Africa, he will find true love, and also learn to value his country and its colonial grandeur.
Watch the official The Spell of the Empire 1940 trailer in HD below or find more The Spell of the Empire videos on Vidimovie.
Alves da Cunha as Francisco Morais
Emilia D'Oliveira as Emília Morais
Luís de Campos as Luís Morais
Francisco Ribeiro as Chico do Austin
Alfredo Ruas as Sargento
António Vilar as Chefe de Posto
António Silva as Tio Alberto
Teodósio Cabral as Caçador
Estêvão Amarante as Vitorino
Isabel Tovar as Mariazinha
Madalena Sotto as Fay Gordon
Antonio Martínez as Administrador
Amélia Pereira as Mãe de Vitorino
Willy Goldberger Director of Photography
Manuel Luís Vieira Director of Photography
António Lopes Ribeiro Production Design
António Lopes Ribeiro Writer
António Lopes Ribeiro Editor
Arthur Duarte Assistant Director
Jaime Silva Filho Original Music Composer
Joaquim Mota Jr. Writer
Pedro De Freitas Branco Original Music Composer
Venceslau Pinto Original Music Composer
Luís Sousa Santos Sound
António Soares Set Decoration
Paulo de Brito Aranha Sound
Portugal 23 May 1940
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from The Spell of the Empire:
1940 - CINEMA PORTUGUÊS - FILMAGENS DO FILME «FEITIÇO DO IMPÉRIO»
1940 - FILMES PERDIDOS DO CINEMA PORTUGUÊS - «FEITIÇO DO IMPÉRIO»
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1940:
03 August 1940
Combines airplane trips and fashion. Heavy on the fashion.
22 November 1940
Alibaba and his son live with his rich brother Cassim. Marjina and Zabba are two slave girls who work in Cassim's house.
19 July 1940
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
26 July 1940
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck.
02 January 1940
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
01 March 1940
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals.
24 October 1940
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.
25 April 1940
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
31 July 1940
This movie's preamble explains the importance of salesmanship after the great depression The industrial revolution has created a life of modern convenience for America, and there are more products available than most people can fathom.
05 September 1940
The drought-plagued ranchers of Sundown have to market their cattle at a loss in order to meet mortgage payments held by banker Cylus Cuttler.
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