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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

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.

Top Cast

  • Paulo Betti

    Paulo Betti

    Mauá

  • Malu Mader

    Malu Mader

    May

  • Othon Bastos

    Othon Bastos

    Visconde de Feitosa

  • Michael Byrne

    Michael Byrne

    Mr. Carruthers

  • Antônio Pitanga

    Antônio Pitanga

    Valentim

  • Rodrigo Penna

    Rodrigo Penna

    D. Pedro II

  • Roberto Bomtempo

    Roberto Bomtempo

    Visconde do Rio Branco

  • Jorge Neves

    Jorge Neves

    Mauá Jovem

  • Richard Durden

    Richard Durden

    Barão de Rosthschild

Overview

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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