Olga (2004)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 141 min
Year: 2004
Director(s): Jayme Monjardim
Description:
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.
Cast
- Leona Cavalli as Maria
- Luís Melo as Léo Benário
- Fernanda Montenegro as Leocádia Prestes
- Floriano Peixoto as Filinto Müller
- Camila Morgado as Olga Benário
- Caco Ciocler as Luís Carlos Prestes
- Edgar Amorim as Agildo Barata
- Eliane Giardini as Eugénie Benário
- Zécarlos Machado as Ministro da guerra
- Osmar Prado as Getúlio Vargas
- Werner Schünemann as Arthur Ewert
- Odilon Wagner as Capitão Navio
- Murilo Rosa as Estevan
- José Dumont as Manuel
- Guilherme Weber as Otto Braun
