![Fernanda Montenegro](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/12EnnSgPheDTECQ3QO6P3SyCgJz.jpg)
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.