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Olga

Name: Olga
Released: 2004-08-20
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Camila Morgado, Caco Ciocler, Edgar Amorim

Ratings: IMDB 6.5 / TMDB 7.1

Director: Jayme Monjardim
Cast: Camila Morgado, Caco Ciocler, Edgar Amorim
Region: Brazil
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 2004-08-20
Runtime: 141
Rating: PG-13 (United States)
Original language: Portuguese
Release dates: United States 2004-08-20
Keywords: world war ii, concentration camp, dictatorship, nazi germany, concentration camp prisoner, olga benario, getúlio vargas, dictatorship of getúlio vargas, ravensbrück concentration camp, brazilian military dictatorship, brazilian dictatorship, nazi exploitation of forced labor

Overview

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.