Storyline
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.
Top Cast
Paulo Betti
Mauá
Malu Mader
May
Othon Bastos
Visconde de Feitosa
Michael Byrne
Mr. Carruthers
Antônio Pitanga
Valentim
Rodrigo Penna
D. Pedro II
Roberto Bomtempo
Visconde do Rio Branco
Jorge Neves
Mauá Jovem
Richard Durden
Barão de Rosthschild
Murilo Grossi
Ricardo
Elias Mendonça
Pereira
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
Visconde do Uruguai
