The Puppeteer

The Puppeteer was released on May 30, 1962.

The Puppeteer was directed by Ernesto de Sousa.

The Puppeteer has a runtime of 1h 42m.

The Puppeteer was produced by Rafael Pena e Costa.

João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...

The key characters in The Puppeteer are João Barbelas / Dom Roberto (Raul Solnado), Maria (Glicínia Quartin), Gabriel (Luís Cerqueira).

The Puppeteer is a Comedy, Drama film.

The Puppeteer has an audience rating of 6.3 out of 10.

The Puppeteer had a budget of $900K.