What is the film Night Train to Lisbon about?

What is the film Night Train to Lisbon about?

Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss Professor, abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
Night Train to Lisbon/Film synopsis

How long is the movie Night Train to Lisbon?

1h 51m
Night Train to Lisbon/Running time

Who played the optician in Night Train to Lisbon?

Through Mariana (Martina Gedeck), a friendly optician who assures Raimund that he is not boring, he meets her aged Uncle Joao (Tom Courtenay), another member of the resistance who fills in the story. (Marco D’Almeida plays the young Joao.)

Is Night Train to Lisbon a true story?

It recounts the travels of Swiss Classics instructor Raimund Gregorius as he explores the life of Amadeu de Prado, a Portuguese doctor, during António de Oliveira Salazar’s right-wing dictatorship in Portugal….Night Train to Lisbon.

Original German cover
AuthorPascal Mercier
LanguageGerman
GenreNovel
PublisherCarl Hanser Verlag

Who was the butcher of Lisbon?

José Mendes Cabeçadas

His Excellency Vice-Admiral José Mendes Cabeçadas OTE ComA MPCE
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Personal details
BornJosé Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior19 August 1883 Loulé, Portugal
Died11 June 1965 (aged 81) Lisbon, Portugal

Where was Lisbon Night Train filmed?

Bern, Switzerland
Filming has begun, in Bern, Switzerland, on Jeremy’s latest film Night Train to Lisbon. Jeremy plays Raimund Gregorius, the main character from the novel by Pascal Mercier.

Who is the butcher of Lisbon?

Who was Butcher of Lisbon?

Who was the dictator in Portugal?

António de Oliveira Salazar

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Personal details
Born28 April 1889 Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, Kingdom of Portugal
Died27 July 1970 (aged 81) Lisbon, Portugal
Political partyNational Union (from 1930)

Did Portugal have a dictator?

Salazar was, in effect, the dictator of Portugal, but he preferred a passive public and a limited state where social power remained in the hands of the Church, the army, and the big landowners.

Who killed Humberto Delgado?

Casimiro Monteiro
Casimiro Monteiro, a PIDE agent, shot and killed General Delgado, and strangled his secretary de Campos (Monteiro was also involved in the killing of Eduardo Mondlane, founder of Frelimo, Mozambique’s Liberation Movement).

When was Lisbon Night Train made?

December 6, 2013 (USA)
Night Train to Lisbon/Release date

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