The Last Butterfly (Czech: Poslední motýl; French: La dernier papillon) is a 1990 Czech–French holocaust drama film directed by Karel Kachyňa based on the book The Last Butterfly by Canadian author Michael Jacot.
| The Last Butterfly | |
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| Directed by | Karel Kachyňa |
| Written by | Ota Hofman Karel Kachyňa |
| Based on | The Last Butterfly by Michael Jacot |
| Produced by | Caroline Schweich Boudjemaa Dahmane Jacques Méthé |
| Starring | Tom Courtenay Brigitte Fossey Ingrid Held |
| Cinematography | Jiří Krejčík jr. |
| Edited by | Jiří Brožek Suzanne Lang-Willar |
| Music by | Milan Svoboda Alex North |
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| Distributed by | Lucernafilm |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Countries | Czechoslovakia France |
| Languages | Czech English |
Cast
- Tom Courtenay as Antoine Moreau
- Brigitte Fossey as Věra
- Ingrid Held as Michèle
- Freddie Jones as Conductor Karl Rheinberg
- Milan Kňažko as Commandant Gruber
- Josef Kemr as Leo Stadler
- Drahomíra Fialková as Leo Stadler's wife
- Pavel Bobek as Silberstein
- Josef Laufer as Petersen
- Hana Hegerová as Singer
- Linda Jablonská as Stella
Release
The movie had a premiere in Czechoslovakia in 1991. The film received generally positive reviews. Stephen Holden wrote in New York Times: "The mood of calm despair that hangs over the film lends it a disquietingly surreal aura. But it also plays into the story, which describes an attempt to deliver a horrifying message without stating it in words." David Mills wrote in The Washington Post: "The Last Butterfly demonstrates the precious power of art to transmit emotional truths about history, if not the factual completeness of history."
See also
Bibliography
- Brownstein, Rich (2021). Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films, with a Teaching Guide. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9781476641928. OCLC 1269508907.
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