Operation Autumn

Operation Autumn

2012 · 92 min · ★ 6.8 · Thriller, History

A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.

Directed by Bruno de Almeida · Written by Frederico Delgado Rosa

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