
Portugal: Carnations Against Dictatorship
In Portugal, during the night of April 24-25, 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the last government of the Estado Novo, the authoritarian regime established in 1933 by dictator António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970), paving the way for full democracy: a chronicle of the Carnation Revolution.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Germany, France
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Studio: ARTE, Miramar Film, RBB
- Keyword: 1970s, revolution, coup d'etat, anti-communism, colonialism, communism, portuguese history, european history, popular uprising, anti-colonialism, salazarism (1933-74), political conspiracy, estado novo (1933-74), carnation revolution (1974)
- Director: Sebastian Heemann, Tilo Wagner
- Cast: Michael Wirges, José Pacheco Pereira, António Muñoz Sánchez, Luis Costa Correia, Daniela Münkel, Gert Peukert