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The Last Butterfly
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Wikipedia article
'The Last Butterfly' (; ) is a 1990 CzechFrench holocaust drama film directed by Karel Kachya based on the book 'The Last Butterfly' by Canadian author Michael Jacot.
Cast
* Tom Courtenay as Antoine Moreau
* Brigitte Fossey as Vra
* Ingrid Held as Michle
* Freddie Jones as Conductor Karl Rheinberg
* Milan Kako as Commandant Gruber
* Josef Kemr as Leo Stadler
* Drahomra Fialkov as Leo Stadler's wife
* Pavel Bobek as Silberstein
* Josef Laufer as Petersen
* Hana Hegerov as Singer
* Linda Jablonsk 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
* Theresienstadt Ghetto and the Red Cross
* 'Theresienstadt (1944 film)'
Bibliography
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References
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