''O Rico e Lázaro'' (English: ''The Rich and Lazarus'') is a Brazilian

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by Casablanca and broadcast by

RecordTV RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...

. Created by Paula Richard. It premiered on March 23, 2017 and ended on November 20, 2017. It stars

Milena Toscano Milena Toscano Gonçalves (born January 11, 1984), is a Brazilian actress. Career Born in Santo André, São Paulo, Milena Toscano started her career as a model when she was ten years-old, after she was hired by the Ford Models Agency. Sh ...

, Dudu Azevedo, and

Igor Rickli Igor Rickli Christóforo (born December 14, 1983) is a Brazilian actor. Biography Rickli was born in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. He is of Italian and Swiss descent. He is openly bisexual. Career He started playing theater as a child at the ag ...

. The telenovela tells the story of the parable

Rich man and Lazarus The rich man and Lazarus (also called the parable of Dives and Lazarus or Lazarus and Dives) is a parable of Jesus from the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Speaking to his disciples and some Pharisees, Jesus tells of an unnamed rich man an ...

taking place at the time of

Babylonian Captivity The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon, the capital city of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, following their defeat ...

Plot

After the death of

Joshua Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

, the Hebrew people begin to "go their own way", turning their backs on God and beginning to worship pagan gods. But when the prophet Jeremiah tries to warn them, his own people try to stone him, calling him a traitor and false prophet, but his prophecy is fulfilled with the arrival of King Nebuchadnezzar II and his wife Queen Amytis. And in another part of the story involves the love triangle involving Joana, Zac, and Asher, who at the beginning of the novel were childhood friends, but over time the trio is growing and Zac and Asher fall in love with Joana, but she corresponds only to Asher.

Cast

as Joana * Dudu Azevedo as Lazarus/Asher *

as Zac *

Christine Fernandes Christine Fernandes Alves (born 1 March 1968) is an American-born Brazilian actress, television presenter and former model. Early life Christine was born in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Maria Helena and Antônio, Brazilian parents. She was bo ...

as Sammu-Ramat * Sthefany Brito as

Nitocris Nitocris ( el, Νίτωκρις) possibly was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Sixth Dynasty. Her name is found in Herodotus' ''Histories'' (430BC) and in writings by the 3rd-century BC Manetho, but her historicity has been questioned. If she ...

* Ângelo Paes Leme as Nebuzaradã * Adriana Garambone as Amytis * Heitor Martinez as

Nebuchadnezzar II Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-kudurri-uṣur'', meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: ''Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar''), also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling ...

Denise Del Vecchio Denise Del Vecchio Falótico (May 3, 1954 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress. Career She began her career at age 15, at the Arena Theater in São Paulo in the early 1970s. She attended ''Vida e Morte Severina'' starring Cacilda Becker in h ...

as Elga *

Lucinha Lins Lúcia Maria Werner Viana (born March 9, 1953), better known as Lucinha Lins, is a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter. Career Lucinha became first known by the public in the 1979 Rede Globo series ''Plantão de Polícia'', pioneer in issue ...

as Zelfa * Paulo Figueiredo as Zadoque * Zé Carlos Machado as Fassur *

Vera Zimmermann Vera Alice Santos Zimmermann (born March 30, 1964 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of German father and Gaucho mother, Vera began acting as an actress in the early 1980s, when she performed with Nelson Rodrigues the ''Eterno Reto ...

as Neusta * Cássio Scapin as

Berossus Berossus () or Berosus (; grc, Βηρωσσος, Bērōssos; possibly derived from akk, , romanized: , " Bel is his shepherd") was a Hellenistic-era Babylonian writer, a priest of Bel Marduk and astronomer who wrote in the Koine Greek langu ...

* Gabriel Gracindo as

Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

* Roger Gobeth as Absalom * Gabriela Moreyra as Shamiran *

Cássia Linhares Cássia Maria Oliveira Linhares (born November 24, 1973, in Niterói) is a Brazilian television actress, best known for her role as Alice in ''Malhação'' (1998) and Lulu in ''Uga-Uga'' (2000). In 2011, she acted in ''Rebelde (Brazilian telenove ...

as Shag-Shag * Tammy di Calafiori as Lia * Marcos Breda as Ravina * Cláudia Mauro as Ilana * Pérola Faria as Kassaia * Henri Pagnoncelli as Chaim * Osmar Silveira as

Jehoiachin Jeconiah ( he, יְכָנְיָה ''Yəḵonəyā'' , meaning " Yah has established"; el, Ιεχονιας; la, Iechonias, Jechonias), also known as Coniah and as Jehoiachin ( he, יְהוֹיָכִין ''Yəhōyāḵīn'' ; la, Ioachin, Joac ...

* Augusto Garcia as

Nabonidus Nabonidus (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-naʾid'', meaning "May Nabu be exalted" or "Nabu is praised") was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 556 BC to the fall of Babylon to the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great in 539 ...

* Kayky Brito as

Amel-Marduk Amel-Marduk (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Amēl-Marduk'', meaning "man of Marduk"), also known as Awil-Marduk, or under the biblical rendition of his name, Evil-Merodach (Hebrew: , ''ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ''), was the third king of the Neo-Babylonian E ...

* Anderson Müller as Tamir * Renato Rabello as Shamir * Michelle Batista as Talita * Giselle Batista as Samira * Gustavo Leão as Rabe-Sáris * Felipe Cardoso as Arioch * Bruna Pazinato as Rebeca *

Graziella Schmitt Graziella de Cássia Schmitt Silva, commonly known as Graziella Schmitt (born May 26, 1981), is a Brazilian actress. She played the lead role in the telenovela '' Amor e Revolução'' and as of 2013 plays the lead role in '' Belmonte''. Caree ...

as Dana * Sacha Bali as

Meshach Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ( Hebrew names Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah) are figures from the biblical Book of Daniel, primarily chapter 3. In the narrative, the three Hebrew men are thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar II, King ...

* Licurgo Spínola as

Ezekiel Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknow ...

* Aisha Jambo as Gadise * Gustavo Rodrigues as Shadrach * Rafael Almeida as Hurzabum *

Guilherme Seta Guilherme Seta de Morais Souza (born December 17, 2002) is a Brazilian actor. He became known from childhood when he played Davi in the remake of the Brazilian telenovela Carrossel, SBT (2012). Career The Brazilian actor began his artistic ...

as Hurzabum child * Robertha Portella as Edissa * André Luiz Miranda as Ebede-Meleque * Eduardo Melo as Lior * Karen Marinho as Naomi * Juliana Kelling as Dalila * Mariza Marchetti as Malca * Fernando Sampaio as Matias * Raphael Montagner as Nicolau * Paula Jubé as Raquel *

Ricardo Martins Ricardo Manuel Cardoso Martins (born 24 January 1990) is a professional footballer who plays for Estudiantes de Mérida F.C. as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclu ...

as Larsa * Keff Oliveira as Anjo Gabriel * Nikolas Antunes as

Abednego Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ( Hebrew names Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah) are figures from the biblical Book of Daniel, primarily chapter 3. In the narrative, the three Hebrew men are thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar II, King ...

* Ana Zettel as Darice * João Velho as Madai * Paulo Leal as Rafael * Karla Tenório as Jade * Rafaela Ferreira as Hayddé * César Pezzuoli as Zabaia * Ed Oliveira as Rato * Pedro Malta as Tamuz * Fran Fischer as Namnu * Saulo Meneghetti as Oziel * Saulo Rodrigues as Aspenaz * Edson Fieschi as Erom * Thogun Teixeira as Sargão * Marcelo Arnal as

Belshazzar Belshazzar (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Bēl-šar-uṣur'', meaning " Bel, protect the king"; ''Bēlšaʾṣṣar'') was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (556–539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother he might ...

* Rafael Awi as Benjamin * Breno di Filippo as Rei Dario * Ana Paula Lima as Yasha * Alex Brasil as Aksumai * William Amaral as Joel * Tião D'Ávila as Aliatis * Rafael Sieg as Levi * Karize Brum as Kidist

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rico e Lázaro, O 2017 telenovelas Brazilian telenovelas RecordTV telenovelas Television series based on the Bible 2017 Brazilian television series debuts 2017 Brazilian television series endings Portuguese-language telenovelas Cultural depictions of Nebuchadnezzar II