Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique
Credits
13 titles
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Biography
Otelo Nuno Romão Saraiva de Carvalho, is a retired Portuguese military officer. He was the chief strategist of the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon. After the Revolution, Otelo assumed leadership roles in the first Portuguese Provisional Governments, alongside Vasco Gonçalves and Francisco da Costa Gomes, and as the head of military defense force COPCON. In 1976, Otelo ran in the first Portuguese presidential election, in which he placed second with the base of his support coming from the far-left. In the 1980s Otelo was accused of having involvement with the controversial Forças Populares 25 de Abril.
Known For
Filmography
The Conspiracy
The Voice and Ears of MFA
Self
Alta Definição
Self
A Noite do Golpe de Estado
Self (revolutionary captain)
April Captains
Oscar (uncredited)
Se a Memória Existe
Himself
Monsanto
Mayor
Anos de Guerra - Guiné 1963-1974
Self
Portugal 74-75 - O retrato do 25 de Abril
Gestures and Fragments
Himself
Good Portuguese People
Himself (revolutionary captain)
Oxalá
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
O Meu Nome É...
Self (uncredited)