Cast

• António Vilar
  Antonio Vilar
  Antonio Vilar was a Portuguese actor that worked in Spanish cinema.-Selected filmography:*Proceso a la Ley *Shéhérazade *The Woman and the Puppet *El festín de Satanás...
  
   as Luís de Camões
  Luís de Camões
  Luís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas...
  
  
• José Amaro as D. Manoel de Portugal
• Igrejas Caeiro as André Falcão de Resende
• Paiva Raposo as Pero de Andrade Caminha
• Dina Salazar as Bourgeoise of Coimbra
  Coimbra
  Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
  
  
• Idalina Guimarães as Inês
• Leonor Maia
  Leonor Maia
  Leonor Maia, pseudonym of Maria da Conceição de Vasconcelos was a Portuguese film actress active in the 1940s, best remembered for her role in The Tyrant Father. She retired from film in 1953....
  
   as Leonor
• Manuel Lereno
• Júlio Pereira
• Carlos Moutinho as Caminha's Friend
• Eduardo Machado
  Eduardo Machado
  Eduardo Oscar Machado is a Cuban playwright living in the United States. Notable plays include Broken Eggs and Havana is Waiting and The Cook. Many of his plays are autobiographical or deal with Cuba in some way. Machado teaches playwriting at New York University. He has served as the Artistic...
  
   as Caminha's Friend
• João Amaro as Camões' Friend
• Baltasar de Azevedo as Camões' Friend
• Carlos Velosa as Camoes' Friend