Olga (2004)

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:

Deportation | Courtroom Scene | Concentration Camp | Dictator | Boat Ride

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

Directed by
Jayme Monjardim

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rita Buzzar		writer
Fernando Morais		book

Produced by
Marc Beauchamps	....	co-producer
Guilherme Bokel	....	executive producer
Rita Buzzar	....	producer
Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues	....	producer
Bruno Wainer	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Marcus Viana

Cinematography by
Ricardo Della Rosa

Film Editing by
Pedro Amorim
Beat Morell		(world version)

Casting by
Mariana Lobo

Art Direction by
Tiza de Oliveira

Set Decoration by
Ana Anet
Erika Lovisi
Gilson Santos

Costume Design by
Paulo Lóes

Makeup Department
Marlene Moura	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Claudia Braga	....	production manager
Alessandra Casolari	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Isabel Graca	....	third assistant director
Malu Miranda	....	second assistant director
Isabella Teixeira	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Valéria Costa	....	first assistant set designer

Sound Department
Simone Alves	....	dialogue editor
Fernanda Mery Crema	....	assistant sound editor
Rodrigo Ferrante	....	sound assistant
Ben Hur	....	adr mixer
Rodrigo Jota	....	foley editor
Alessandro Laroca	....	supervising sound editor
Eduardo Virmond Lima	....	sound editor
Eduardo Virmond Lima	....	sound effects editor
Fernando Lobo	....	foley editor
Fernando Lobo	....	sound editor
Jorge Saldanha	....	sound
Yan Saldanha	....	boom operator
Anderson Tieta	....	foley artist
Armando Torres Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Sergio Farjalla Jr.	....	weapon advisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Lula Carvalho	....	first assistant camera
Luiz Gonzaga de Almeida	....	key grip

Casting Department
Malu Miranda	....	casting: Concentration Camp

Music Department
Pedro Lima	....	music mixer

Other crew
Sergio Farjalla Jr.	....	weapon specialist
Anna Luiza Müller	....	publicist
Gabriela Weeks	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Europa Filmes
• Globo Filmes
• Lumière
• Nexus Cinema e Vídeo

Distributors

• Lumière (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)

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.

Uau!!!

I have to say that this movie is the best Brazilian's one that I've ever seen!!!It's well directed and all the actors did a great job.In my opinion, Camila( Olga ) was just amazing and could transmit to me all the feelings that she felt when she was there acting.I have no words to describe the excellent performance of her.But the other actors also deserve great critics too!!! I think that this was the first movie that Jayme Monjardim directed and he deserves aplauses for that.They filmed in Russia, Germany without leaving Brazil and this is just... :D If you have any opportunity to go to the theatre you should watch Olga. You won't be sorry, I promise you!

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10/10