Lines of Wellington (2012) Directed by Valeria Sarmiento
Drama / History / War
aka: Linhas de Wellington
Film Synopsis
In September 1810, Napoléon's armies, under the command of
Maréchal Masséna, invade Portugal. The Portguese
and British troops, led by General Washington, continue the battle
whilst retreating. Wellington's plan is to lure his enemy to
Torres Vedras, where the fortifications are impassible. This
strategy, combined with a scorched earth operation, results in a mass
exodus of the civilian population. Some continue to hold out
against the invader, others profit from the confusion to satisfy their
baser instincts...
Cast: Nuno Lopes (Sargento Francisco Xavier),
Soraia Chaves (Martírio),
Marisa Paredes (D. Filipa Sanches),
John Malkovich (General Wellington),
Carloto Cotta (Tenente Pedro de Alencar),
Victória Guerra (Clarissa),
Marcello Urgeghe (Major Jonathan Foster),
Jemima West (Maureen),
José Afonso Pimentel (Zé Maria),
Miguel Borges (Manuel Penabranca),
Mathieu Amalric (Barão Marbot),
Melvil Poupaud (Marechal Massena),
Filipe Vargas (Vicente de Almeida),
Adriano Luz (Bordalo),
João Arrais (Idiot),
Elsa Zylberstein (Irmã Cordélia),
Vincent Perez (Lévêque),
Albano Jerónimo (Abade),
Joana de Verona (Brites),
Gonçalo Waddington (Zanaga)
Country: France / Portugal
Language: Portuguese / English / French
Support: Color
Runtime: 151 min
Aka:Linhas de Wellington
The best of American cinema
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.