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.
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 Mauá Jovem
Richard Durden
as Barão de Rosthschild
Murilo Grossi
as Ricardo
Elias Mendonça
as Pereira
Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
as Visconde do Uruguai
