Brazilian/Latin American Spring Film Festival
Olga (Jayme Monjardim 2004). 141 minutes. Portuguese with English subtitles.
Olga chronicles the story of Olga Benario Prestesâ (1908-1942), a German Jew married to one of the most important Brazilian communist leaders in Brazil in the 1930s. The film recreates the tensions of the GetĂșlio Vargas regime in Brazil and highlights arrest and deportation of the pregnant Olga to Nazi Germany.
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Contact Organizer
Wilkinson, Claire
cwilkinson@middlebury.edu
(802) 443-5354