A coup so peaceful they used flowers instead of bullets — and it actually worked.
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.
Editing
Seamless weaving of tense radio broadcasts with present-day testimony.
Production
Rare access to Estado Novo's crumbling final hours.
Director
Tilo Wagner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The famous carnations were reportedly grabbed from a florist's cart by Celeste Caeiro, now a national footnote.
This revolution inspired Poland's Solidarity movement and nearly every peaceful transition that followed.
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