Olga (2004)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Jayme Monjardim

Writers:

Rita Buzzar (writer)
Fernando Morais (book)

Release Date:

20 August 2004 (Brazil)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes...

Plot Keywords:

Dictator | Deportation | Courtroom Scene | Concentration Camp | Communism

Awards:

6 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Camila Morgado	...	Olga Benário
Caco Ciocler	...	Luís Carlos Prestes
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edgar Amorim	...	Agildo Barata
Gustavo Berriel	...	Russian communist
Leona Cavalli	...	Maria
Maria Clara Fernandes	...	Carmem
Isabela Coimbra	...	Olga criança
Pascoal da Conceição	...	Dimitri Manuilski
Bruno Dayrrel	...	Victor Barron
José Dumont	...	Manuel
Thelmo Fernandes	...	Bangu
Eliane Giardini	...	Eugénie Benário
Georgiana Góes	...	Iara
Ranieri Gonzalez	...	Miranda
Leonor Gottlieb	...	Guarda da SS
Sabrina Greve	...	Elza Colônio
Eliane Guttman	...	Enfermeira Chefe
Gilles Gwizdek	...	Leon Julles Valee
Renata Jesion	...	Elise Ewert
Felipe Kannenberg
Mariana Lima	...	Lígia Prestes
Zé Carlos Machado	...	Ministro da guerra
Jandira Martini	...	Sarah
Luís Melo	...	Léo Benário
Fernanda Montenegro	...	Leocádia Prestes
Anderson Muller	...	Paul Gruber
Floriano Peixoto	...	Filinto Müller
Osmar Prado	...	Dictator Getúlio Vargas
Hélio Ribeiro	...	Padre Leopoldo
Murilo Rosa	...	Estevan
Werner Schünemann	...	Arthur Ewert
Eduardo Semerjian	...	Galvão
Raul Serrador	...	Rodolfo Ghioldi
Oscar Simch	...	Herr Fischer
Milena Toscano	...	Anita Leocádia
Odilon Wagner	...	Capitão Navio
Guilherme Weber	...	Otto Braun

Runtime:

141 min | Argentina:141 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Germany:99 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese | German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:12 (cut) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13

Company:

Europa Filmes

Trivia:

Patrícia Pillar was first considered to play Olga. Luiz Fernando Carvalho was first considered to direct this movie.

Very Dramatic! Very Good!

Olga (movie) is about the life of Olga Benário and her husband Luís Carlos Prestes (the biggest communist leader in Brazil). But the movie isn't only about politics. It's about politics, war, persecution, revolutionary spirit, injustice, and of course, love. The movie shows the life of Olga, and the failure of the communist revolution in Brazil, by the perspective of the revolutionary couple.

Excellent acting by Camila Morgado (Olga) and the great Fernanda Montenegro (Prestes mother). Weak acting by Caco Ciocler (Prestes).

This was an very good movie, but it could be more about the revolution than the romance between the couple, this makes the movie too dramatic sometimes.

For his first movie, Monjardim did an excellent job, but he also must learn a little bit more about the movies world. Some scenes in the movie looks like a TV series.

We can't forgot that this is a real history, that all (or almost all) that the movie shows was real. I had almost cried several times. If you will see in the cinema, don't forget a tissue. Overall, it's a great movie

Olga - rate 9/10