A Portuguese soldier, who got stranded from his team during the La Lys battle, struggles by himself through dozens of German offensives so he can guarantee the safety of his companions.
Acting
João Arrais carries 85 minutes of mostly silence.
Direction
Two directors, one suffocating vision of no-man's-land.
Director
Gonçalo Galvão Teles
João Arrais
Soldado Milhões (jovem)
Miguel Borges
Soldado Milhões (Adulto)
Lúcia Moniz
Teresa
João Nunes Monteiro
Filho Mais Velho
Dinarte Branco
Presidente da Câmara
Graciano Dias
Jaime Cortesão
Nuno Pardal
Major Escocês
António Pedro Cerdeira
Ferreira do Amaral
Raimundo Cosme
Malha Vacas
Isac Graça
Sabugal
Tiago Teotónio Pereira
Penacova
Luís Ganito
Mértola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Aníbal Augusto Milhais, the most decorated Portuguese soldier of WWI, who held off two German divisions alone.
The nickname 'Soldier Millions' came from his comrades claiming he was worth a million men — Portugal largely erased WWI from national memory until this film.
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