Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

132 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 15, 1999

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.

Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

132 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 15, 1999

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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
Directors Sérgio Rezende
Writers

Cast

Paulo Betti

as Mauá

Malu Mader

as May

Othon Bastos

as Visconde de Feitosa

Michael Byrne

as Mr. Carruthers

Antônio Pitanga

as Valentim

Rodrigo Penna

as D. Pedro II

Roberto Bomtempo

as Visconde do Rio Branco

Jorge Neves

as Young Mauá

Richard Durden

as Barão de Rosthschild

Murilo Grossi

as Ricardo

Elias Mendonça

as Pereira

Cláudio Corrêa e Castro

as Visconde do Uruguai

Edwin Luisi

as Aurélio

Rogério Fróes

as Marquês do Paraná

Hélio Ary

as Liquidator Bank

Hugo Carvana

as Queiroz

José de Abreu

as Juiz

Carlos Gregório

as Conde Bonifácio

Ernani Moraes

as Batista

Denise Weinberg

as Esposa de Queiroz

Miguel Lunardi

as Advogado

Fernando José

as Militar

Waldir Onofre

as Feitor