Soldado Milhões

"Tu és Milhais mas vales milhões" (Your name is Milhais but you are worth millions). This was what the commander of the platoon to which the soldier Milhais belonged told him when he rejoined his group after having remained behind in their trench to fight alone a large number of German soldiers who were assaulting his trench thus protecting the retreat of his comrades. He went from one machine gun to another making the enemy to believe that there were several soldiers fighting them and not only one. He was successful and got the highest miltary insígnia given to a private in Portugal. And he kept that second name forever. It was even added to his village name This was actually true and and occurred in Flanders where Portiguese troops fought the German along with the Allies particularly in the La Lys battle in WWI. All the actors do an excellent job and the movie is technically very good namely by crossing the battle scenes with some later scenes when Milhões was already in his village trying to hunt a wolf and keeping a tender relationship with his little daugher Adelaide. The whole movie atmosphere is very realistic.