

Helena
1987-05-04 · 50 min / episode · ★ 8.0
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- Mário Prata, Reinaldo Moraes, Dagomir Marquezi
- Production companies
- Bloch Som e Imagem, Rede Manchete
- Countries
- Brazil
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- Ended
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Luciana BragaHelena do Vale
Thales Pan ChaconEstácio do Vale
Aracy BalabanianÚrsula do Vale
Othon BastosDoutor Camargo
Ivan de AlbuquerquePadre Melchior
Elias AndreatoLuiz Mendonça
Paulo VillaçaSalvador
Mayara MagriEugênia Camargo
Isabel RibeiroTomásia Camargo
Yara AmaralDorzinha
Sérgio MambertiAmílcar Botelho de Castro
Walter ForsterDoutor Matos
Gianfrancesco GuarnieriWalter Scott
Eliane GiardiniJoana
Buza FerrazTertuliano Botelho de Castro
Roberto BonfimFirmino
Marcos BredaLucas
Cláudio MambertiThales
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