Olga (2004)

Directed by

Jayme Monjardim

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

2h 21m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 203 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It tells the story of Olga Benário, a German Jewish communist who became the wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. The film follows her life from her revolutionary activities in Europe to her imprisonment and deportation to Nazi Germany.

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What happens

Olga is a 2004 Brazilian biographical drama film directed by Jayme Monjardim from a screenplay by Rita Buzzar, based on the 1985 biography of the same name by Fernando Morais. It was Brazil's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was a produced by Nexus Cinema in conjunction with Globo Filmes and Lumiere. Olga was seen by over three million viewers and won more than 20 awards in Brazil and internationally. It is one of several Brazilian films to treat Jewish themes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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