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In 1519, the Portuguese captain Fernão de Magalhães ventured to travel and ended up proving that the Earth was round. In 1997, the Schürmann family decided to travel around the world again along this path.
Top billed cast
Heloisa Schurmann- Kat Schurmann
- Vilfredo Schurmann
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