BaseduponthetruestoryofOlgaBenário’theGerman-bornwifeofBraziliancommunistleaderLuísCarlosPrestes.DuringthedictatorshipofGetúlioVargas(1930-1945)shewasarrestedandsenttoNaziGermany’whereshediedinaconcentrationcamp.WhenWorldWarIIbegan’VargasdecidedtoupholdtheAllies.