| Roque Santeiro | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Romance Drama Thriller |
| Created by | Dias Gomes Aguinaldo Silva |
| Directed by | Paulo Ubiratan |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | Santa Fé |
| Ending theme | Santa Fé |
| Composer | Moraes Moreira |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 209 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Brazil |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Globo |
| Release | 24 June 1985 – 21 February 1986 |
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Roque Santeiro is a Brazilian primetime telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 24 June 1985 (replacing Corpo a Corpo) and ended on 21 February 1986, (replaced by Selva de Pedra).[1][2]
The script was created by Dias Gomes —based on a play O Berço do Herói (Hero's Cradle)— and starred Regina Duarte, Lima Duarte, José Wilker, Lucinha Lins, Yoná Magalhães, Paulo Gracindo, Armando Bógus, Cássia Kis Magro, Elizângela, Fábio Júnior, Lídia Brondi, Cláudio Cavalcanti, Cláudia Raia, Lutero Luiz, Maurício Mattar, Eloísa Mafalda and Ary Fontoura. It was directed by Paul Ubiratan and co-written by Aguinaldo Silva.
Roque Santeiro became a great success, with high viewership levels, and is recognized today as one of the best telenovelas of all time. It was distributed to several different countries around the world, and had an audience of 60 million viewers (out of approxmimentally 135-138 million Brazilians at the time), and is currently the most-watched show in the history of Brazilian television.[3]
- ^ "Roque Santeiro - Ficha técnica" (in Portuguese). Memória Globo. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Roque Santeiro - Teledramaturgia" (in Portuguese). Teledramaturgia. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Veja on-line (2 October 1985). "Um dia em Asa Branca" (in Portuguese). Revista Veja. Retrieved 1 March 2015.