Samba

Sara Montiel

Belén / Laura Monteiro

Marc Michel

Paulo

Fosco Giachetti

João Fernandes de Oliveira

Carlos Alberto

Assis

José Prada

Oliveira's lawyer

Zeni Pereira

Trinidad

Eliezer Gomes

Negro gangster

Antônio Pitanga

Paulo's friend

Álvaro Aguiar

White gangster

José Policena

Antonia Marzullo

Belén's grandmother

Grande Otelo

Freitas

Arlindo Rodrigues

Self / Salgueiro art director

Nestor de Montemar

Moacyr Deriquém

Copacabana seducer

Wilson Grey

Man in samba school committee

Milton Luiz

Cyro Monteiro

President of Salgueiro Samba School

Maria Regina

Leonardo Villar