Olga Benario

original title:
Olga Benario
other titles:
Olga Benario - Ein Leben für die Revolution
country / year of production:
Germany / 2004
original length:
96 min. , color
premiere:
genre:
docu dram
based on:
director:
Galip Iyitanir
film script:
Galip Iyitanir
producer:
cinematographer:
editor:
composer:
Julian Boyd
cast (role):
Oliver Betke
more:
plot synopsis:
This documentary tells the story of a special woman. Olga Benario lived her life between Munich, Berlin, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro. The spreading of revolutionary ideas was her aim. her whole life was shaped by communist thinking, from the communist youth movement until to her death. In 1942 she was killed by the Nazis.
keywords:
communism , deportation , concentration camps , women during wartime , resistance, opposition , fascism
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
William Waack. Die vergessene Revolution. Olga Benario und die deutsche Revolte in Rio. Berlin: Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1994.

Fernando Morais. Olga. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1992.
remarks:
availability:
DVD