A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.
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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei Cast
Name |
Character |
Malu Mader
She was 33, now 58 years old
|
as May |
Othon Bastos
He was 66, now 91 years old
|
as Visconde de Feitosa |
Michael Byrne
He was 55, now 81 years old
|
as Mr. Carruthers |
Roberto Bomtempo
He was 36, now 61 years old
|
as Visconde do Rio Branco |
José de Abreu
He was 55, now 80 years old
|
as Juiz |
Hugo Carvana
He was 62, 77 years old when he died
|
as Queiroz |
Richard Durden
He was 56, now 81 years old
|
as Barão de Rosthschild |
Rogério Fróes
He was 65, now 90 years old
|
as Marquês do Paraná |
Carlos Gregório
He was 52, now 77 years old
|
as Conde Bonifácio |
Paulo Betti
He was 47, now 72 years old
|
as Mauá |
Murilo Grossi
He was 35, now 60 years old
|
as Ricardo |
Denise Weinberg
She was 34, now 59 years old
|
as Esposa de Queiroz |
Antônio Pitanga
He was 60, now 85 years old
|
as Valentim |
Miguel Lunardi
|
as Advogado |
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei Crew
Name |
Department |
Sérgio Rezende as Director. He was 48 (now 73) years old
|
Directing |