A Escrava Isaura: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Isaura was born in 1835, in the farm of Commender Almeida. She is the daughter of the slave Juliana and the tenant of the farm, Miguel. Juliana dies right after the birth, because she denied going to bed with the Commender. He whips her to death in revenge. So, Isaura is raised and educated by Gertrudes, wife of the Commender, who always wanted to have a daughter. In spite of her excellent education and the white skin, Isaura, as a daughter of a slave,will always be treated as a slave.

Series details

• Title: A Escrava Isaura
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Drama, Romance, History
• Premiere date: 2004-10-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-04-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: RecordTV
• Network country: Brazil
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 44633
• IMDb ID: tt0435926
• TVDB ID: 308664

Cast and credited roles

• Bianca Rinaldi — Isaura dos Anjos
• Leopoldo Pacheco — Leôncio Almeida
• Maria Ribeiro — Malvina Cunha Almeida

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-10-18; final listed air date 2005-04-29; episode order: 167.

Source and licence

Adapted from A Escrava Isaura on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.