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.
Acting
Camila Morgado's raw, unflinching descent into hell.
Direction
Monjardim refuses to sanitize Brazilian complicity.
Production
Ravensbrück recreated with sickening authenticity.
Director
Jayme Monjardim
Camila Morgado
Olga Benário
Caco Ciocler
Luís Carlos Prestes
Edgar Amorim
Agildo Barata
Leona Cavalli
Maria
Eliane Giardini
Eugénie Benário
Zécarlos Machado
Ministro da guerra
Osmar Prado
Getúlio Vargas
Werner Schünemann
Arthur Ewert
Odilon Wagner
Capitão Navio
Murilo Rosa
Estevan
José Dumont
Manuel
Fernanda Montenegro
Leocádia Prestes
Floriano Peixoto
Filinto Müller
Guilherme Weber
Otto Braun
Luís Melo
Léo Benário
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film sparked national reckoning in Brazil about Vargas's legacy, previously sanitized as 'populist' rather than fascist-adjacent.
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