A Pide Leninha

Released: 2023-04-26

Runtime: 48 minutes

Episode Overview

The life story of Madalena das Dores Oliveira, known as Pide Leninha, inside the secret police aparatus of the Estado Novo regime, and the way in which her political fanatism and the boundless pleasure the felt in torturing her victims led her to become te first woman to reach the rank of Brigade Chief, in 1968.

Series Overview

The life story of Madalena das Dores Oliveira, the first woman to reach the rank of Brigade Chief of the PIDE (the Estado Novo secret police), who became known by the inhuman way in which she acted.