Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
1999 · 132 min
History · Drama
★ 7.7A 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.
Crew
- Director Sérgio Rezende
- Screenplay Sérgio Rezende
- Screenplay Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
- Screenplay Paulo Halm
- Director of Photography Antonio Luiz Mendes
Cast
Paulo Betti
Mauá
Malu Mader
May
Othon Bastos
Visconde de Feitosa
Michael Byrne
Mr. Carruthers
Antônio Pitanga
Valentim
- R
Rodrigo Penna
D. Pedro II
Roberto Bomtempo
Visconde do Rio Branco
- J
Jorge Neves
Mauá Jovem
Richard Durden
Barão de Rosthschild
Murilo Grossi
Ricardo
- E
Elias Mendonça
Pereira
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Visconde do Uruguai
Crew
- Director — Sérgio Rezende
- Screenplay — Sérgio Rezende
- Screenplay — Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho
- Screenplay — Paulo Halm
- Director of Photography — Antonio Luiz Mendes
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