2015

1h 40m

5.1(25 votes)

Drama

Comedy

History

Overview

The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s, he has come to be called 'the Brazilian Citizen Kane'.

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Production Companies

Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas

Cast & Crew

45 members

Acting

Marco Ricca

Assis Chateaubriand (Chatô)

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Andréa Beltrão

Vivi Sampaio

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Leandra Leal

Lola

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Letícia Sabatella

Maria Eudóxia

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Paulo Betti

Getúlio Vargas

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Gabriel Braga Nunes

Rosemberg

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Zezé Polessa

Germana Almeida

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Eliane Giardini

Consuelo

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Ricardo Blat

Manuel

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Marcos Oliveira

Teddy

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Alexandre Regis

Afrânio

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Luiz Antonio Pilar

Terênsio

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Walmor Chagas

Military man

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José Lewgoy

Grand marshal

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Tião D'Avila

Lírio

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Guilherme Fontes

Presenter of the trial

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Stefan Wohl

Sarkoff

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Cláudia Ventura

Nurse

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Lutz Dobbertin

Rauscher

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Gustavo Pereira

Chatô (child)

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José D'Artagnan Júnior

Olympio José

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Paloma Riani

Soapy actress

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Renata Dutra

Queen of the Radio candidate

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Charles Paraventi

Technocrat

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David Herman

English chauffeur

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Mariah da Penha

Soraya Telles

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Liliana Castro

Maria Eudóxia's sister

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Hélio Behring

Wedding priest

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Camera

Leandro Rezende

Journalist 1

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Álvaro Freire

Journalist 2

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Roberto Lobo

Journalist 3

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Breno Moroni

Police chief

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Jean Paul

North American auctioneer

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Ricardo Conti

Journalist 4

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Diogo Costa

Child journalist

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Adriana Quadros

Housewife

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Daniel Neves

Dorival Caymmi

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Patrícia Levy

Lolita Rodrigues

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Guilherme Martins

Vivi's husband

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Arieta Corrêa

Portuguese sister 1

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Marcela Moura

Portuguese sister 2

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Tatiana Monteiro

Tarsilete

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Mariana Santos

Tarsilete

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John Crook

US ambassador

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Justyn Jones

Narrator Coronation of Elizabeth II

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