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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

First aired on Oct 15, 1999

Runtime: 132 mins

80%

Genres: History, Drama

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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Paulo Betti | Mauá
Malu Mader | May
Othon Bastos | Visconde de Feitosa
Michael Byrne | Mr. Carruthers
Antônio Pitanga | Valentim
Rodrigo Penna | D. Pedro II
Featured Crew
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Cristóvão Bastos | Music
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Antonio Luiz Mendes | Director of Photography
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Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho | Producer
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Paulo Halm | Screenplay
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Sarah Beardsall | Casting
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Roberto Mader | Executive Producer