Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 15, 1999

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Brazil

Cast

Malu Mader,Richard Durden,Hugo Carvana,Rodrigo Penna,Hélio Ary,Ernani Moraes,Antônio Pitanga,Othon Bastos,Murilo Grossi,Denise Weinbergand 14 more

Director

Sérgio Rezende

Writer

Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho,Denise Bandeira,Sérgio Rezende,Paulo Halm

Producer

Roberto Mader,Joaquim Vaz de Carvalho,Ricardo Pinto e Silva

Cinematography

Antonio Luiz Mendes

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0218430