Season 1 • Episode 47
LatestFor decades, doctor Juscelino Kubitschek enters politics and becomes president of Brazil.
Acting
José Wilker's JK is pure magnetism; Wagner Moura's younger version holds his own.
Production
Recreated 1950s-60s Brazil with obsessive detail across five decades.
Creators
Alcides Nogueira, Maria Adelaide Amaral
José Wilker
Juscelino Kubitschek
Marília Pêra
Sara Kubitschek
Wagner Moura
Juscelino Kubitschek (jovem)
Débora Falabella
Sara Kubitschek (jovem)
José de Abreu
Carlos Lacerda
Débora Bloch
Dora Amar
Letícia Sabatella
Marisa Soares
Caco Ciocler
Leonardo Faria
Deborah Evelyn
Salomé Gonçalves
Dan Stulbach
Zinque Gonçalves de Almeida
Alessandra Negrini
Yedda Ovalle Schmidt
Cássio Gabus Mendes
Gaúcho
Camila Morgado
Ana Rosenberg
Mariana Ximenes
Lilian Gonçalves Lima
Antonio Calloni
Augusto Frederico Schmidt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wagner Moura later played Pablo Escobar in Narcos—this was his breakthrough from Brazilian TV to international stardom.
JK's actual 'fifty years in five' slogan became shorthand for ambitious nation-building; the series aired during renewed debates about his legacy.
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