O Salvador da Pátria (The Savior of the Homeland in English) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 9 January and ended on 12 August 1989, with a total of 185 episodes. It's the fortieth "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is created by Lauro César Muniz and directed by Gonzaga Blota.[1]
| O Salvador da Pátria | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Lauro César Muniz |
| Directed by | Gonzaga Blota |
| Starring | Lima Duarte Maitê Proença José Wilker Betty Faria Francisco Cuoco Susana Vieira Lúcia Veríssimo Lucinha Lins Cecil Thiré Mário Lago Mayara Magri Thales Pan Chacon Antônio Calloni Gracindo Júnior Maurício Mattar Narjara Turetta |
| Opening theme | "Amarra o Teu Arado a Uma Estrela" by Gilberto Gil |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 185 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Globo |
| Release | 9 January (1989-01-09) – 12 August 1989 (1989-08-12) |
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| Actor | Character |
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| Lima Duarte | Sassá Mutema (Salvador da Silva) |
| Maitê Proença | Clotilde Ribeiro |
| Francisco Cuoco | Severo Toledo Blanco |
| Betty Faria | Marina Campos Sintra |
| José Wilker | João Matos/Miro Ferraz |
| Lúcia Veríssimo | Bárbara Souza Telles |
| Thales Pan Chacon | Cássio Marins |
| Lucinha Lins | Ângela Mendes Matos |
| Susana Vieira | Gilda Pompeu de Toledo Blanco |
| Mayara Magri | Camila Sintra |
| Flávio Migliaccio | Nilo Assunção |
| Mário Lago | Joaquim Xavier (Quinzote) |
| Cecil Thiré | Mauro Brancatto |
| Marcos Paulo | Paulo Silveira |
| Gracindo Júnior | Ricardo Ribeiro |
| Luís Gustavo | Juca Pirama (José Matos Filho) |
| Tássia Camargo | Marlene Machado da Silva |
| Tony Vermont | Miguel |
| Cláudio Corrêa e Castro | "Barão" de Guaratinguetá (Frederico Martinez) |
| Luiz Armando Queiroz | Francisco |
| Ângela Leal | Giuliana |
| Gilberto Martinho | Fernando Gaspar |
| Clementino Kelé | Márcio |
| Nádia Lippi | Helena |
| Rogério Fróes | Gilberto |
| Eduardo Tornaghi | Jeffrey Thomásio |
| Narjara Turetta | Rafaela Toledo Blanco |
| João Carlos Barroso | Fidélis |
| Luthero Luiz | José da Silva (Bodão) |
| Ivan Cândido | Zenóbio Reis (Zen) |
| Benjamin Cattan | Hermínio Souza Telles |
| Tácito Rocha | Gil Eanes |
| Antônio Grassi | Delegado Plínio Kohl |
| Antonio Calloni | Tomaz Siqueira |
| Maurício Mattar | Sérgio Pompeu de Toledo Blanco |
| Suzy Rêgo | Alice Sintra |
| Marco Miranda | Ciro |
| Alexandra Marzo | Sílvia Toledo Blanco |
| José Augusto Branco | Padre Alberto Jardim |
| Nelson Dantas | Décio de Abreu |
| Norma Geraldy | Noêmia |
| Eduardo Galvão | Régis de Abreu |
| Cláudio Curi | Sidney |
| Aldine Müller | Dinah Amaral / Aída |
| Waldyr Sant'anna | Neco Carranca (Manuel da Cunha) |
| Natália Lage | Regina Matos |
| Valter Santos | Jaime |
| Solange Theodoro | Daniela |
| Chico Expedito | Waldemar |
| Marcela Muniz | Zezé (Maria José) |
| Hugo Gross | Brás Vasconcelos (Brasito) |
| George Otto | Roberto Amaral |
| Luiz Maçãs | Marco Antônio |
| Andréa Richa | Cristina |
| Alexandre Akerman | Dirceu Barreto |
| Cláudio Cavalcanti | Eduardo Correia |
The show recorded an average viewership rating of 63 points, one of Brazil's top rated telenovelas of all time.[2]
