10 Sep 1987
The Lighthorsemen
In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.
The House of Sand
A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Top Billed Cast
Fernanda Montenegro Dona Maria / Áurea (1942-1969) / Maria (1969)
Fernanda Torres Áurea (1910-1919) / Maria (1942)
Seu Jorge Massu (1910-1919)
Luiz Melodia Massu (1942)
Enrique Díaz Luiz (1919)
Stênio Garcia Luiz (1942)
Emiliano Queiroz Chico do Sal
João Acaiabe Pai de Massu
Camilla Facundes Maria (1919)
Haroldo Costa Capataz
Jorge Mautner Cientista
Nelson Jacobina Cientista
Zumbi Bahia Carregador Vasco 1
Urias de Oliveira Filho Carregador Vasco 2
Carlos Henrique Nascimento Pescador Entreposto
Jefferson de Almeida Barbosa Mirinho (1919)
Wadson Martins Mirinho (1942)
Guilherme Júnior Pescador Fogueira
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