''Olga'' is a 2004 Brazilian
biographical
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drama
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film directed by
Jayme Monjardim
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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
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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.
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is a coming-of-age story about Mauro, whose parents are forced to flee the country.
Plot
Olga is the feature-film chronicle of the German Jew
Olga Benário Prestes
Olga Benário Prestes (Brazilian Portuguese: /ˈɔwgɐ beˈnaɾju prɛstʃis/, February 12, 1908 – April 23, 1942) was a German-Brazilian communist militant executed by Nazi Germany.
Biography
Olga was born in Munich as Olga Gutmann Ben ...
' (1908–1942) life and times. A communist activist since her youth, Olga is persecuted by the police and flees to Moscow, where she undergoes military training. She is put in charge of escorting
Luís Carlos Prestes
Luís Carlos Prestes (January 3, 1898 – March 7, 1990) was a Brazilian revolutionary and politician who served as the general-secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party from 1943 to 1980 and a senator for the Federal District from 1946 to 19 ...
to Brazil to lead the
Communist Uprising of 1935
The Brazilian communist uprising of 1935 (Portuguese: ''Intentona Comunista'') was a military revolt in Brazil led by Luís Carlos Prestes and leftist low-rank military against Getúlio Vargas's government on behalf of the National Liberation Al ...
, falling in love with him along the way.
With the failure of the uprising, Olga is arrested alongside Prestes. Seven-month pregnant Olga is extradited by
President Vargas' Government to
Nazi Germany
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, where she gives birth to her daughter
Anita Leocádia while incarcerated. Separated from her daughter, Olga is sent away to the
Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she is executed in the gas chamber.
Cast
Awards
* Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2005: Best Art Direction (Tiza Oliveira), Best Costume Design (Paulo Lóes) and Best Make-up (Marlene Moura).
* Havana Film Festival 2005: Audience Award.
* ABC Cinematography Award 2005: Best Art Direction (Tiza Oliveira) and Best Cinematography (Ricardo Della Rosa).
* Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2007: Audience Award, Best narrative Film.
* Washington Film Festival 2005: Best Film.
* Viña Del Mar Film Festival 2005: Best Film, Best Direction (Jayme Monjardim) and Best Actress (Camila Morgado).
See also
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References
External links
Official website*
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{{Brazilian submission for Academy Awards
2004 films
2004 biographical drama films
2000s historical drama films
2000s Portuguese-language films
2000s war drama films
Biographical films about revolutionaries
Brazilian biographical drama films
Brazilian historical drama films
Brazilian war films
Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler
Films about communism
Films based on biographies
Films set in the 1920s
Films set in the 1930s
Films set in the 1940s
Films set in Berlin
Films set in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Holocaust films
Vargas Era