Pedro, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Sep 01 2022
•2h 36m
•History, Drama
The story of Brazil’s first emperor, returning to Europe on board the English ship Warspite. The trip makes Pedro conquer his fears and face his life from a personal point of view. He goes back in time and relives outstanding moments of his earlier life – since his childhood, when in 1808 he arrived coming from Portugal with his family, until he left in the dead of the night, in 1831, running away from Brazil.
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Cauã Reymond
Dom Pedro I
Victoria Guerra
Amélia
Rita Wainer
Domitila
Luise Heyer
Leopoldina
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