Os Ossos do Barão is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from April 28 to September 8, 1997. It is an adaptation of Jorge Andrade's 1963 play of the same name, adapted for television by Walter George Durst, with collaboration from Duca Rachid, Mário Teixeira, and Marcos Lazarini. The telenovela stars Ana Paula Arósio, Tarcísio Filho, Juca de Oliveira, Othon Bastos, and Leonardo Villar. Set in São Paulo in 1948, the story follows Egisto Ghirotto, the wealthy son of Italian immigrants who dreams of gaining social prestige by marrying his son, Martino, to Isabel, the great-granddaughter of the late Baron of Jaraguá. Their romance sparks a bitter conflict between a rising immigrant family and a declining aristocratic dynasty, exposing themes of class, ambition, tradition, and the social transformation of Brazil.
- Walter George DurstWriter
- Antônio AbujamraDirector
- Duca RachidWriter
- Mário TeixeiraWriter
- Marcos LazariniWriter
- Leonardo VillarAntenor Camargo Parente de Rendon Pompeo e Taques
- Juca de OliveiraEgisto Ghirotto
- Tarcísio FilhoMartino Ghirotto
- Ana Paula ArósioIsabel Taques Redon
- Jussara FreireBianca Ghirotto
- Cleyde YáconisMelica
- Othon BastosMiguel Taques Redon
- Clarisse AbujamraVerônica Taques Redon
- Petrônio GontijoVicente Taques Redon
- Bia SeidlLavínia Taques Redon
- Rubens de FalcoCândido Caldas Penteado
- Imara ReisGuilhermina Caldas Penteado
