
12 Mar 1965

The House in Karp Lane
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Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.

Olga Benário

Luís Carlos Prestes

Agildo Barata

Maria

Eugénie Benário

Ministro da guerra

Getúlio Vargas

Arthur Ewert

Capitão Navio

Estevan

Manuel

Leocádia Prestes

Filinto Müller

Otto Braun

Léo Benário

Hannah

Elza Colônio

Lígia Prestes
Elise Ewert

Sarah

12 Mar 1965

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