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.
Sérgio Rezende
Casts & Crew
Paulo Betti
Malu Mader
Othon Bastos
Michael Byrne
Antônio Pitanga
Rodrigo Penna
Roberto Bomtempo
Jorge Neves
Richard Durden
Murilo Grossi
Elias Mendonça
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Edwin Luisi
Rogério Fróes
Hélio Ary
Hugo Carvana
José de Abreu
Carlos Gregório
Ernani Moraes
Denise Weinberg
Miguel Lunardi
Fernando José
Waldir Onofre
Also Directed by Sérgio Rezende
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