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 |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Lucernafilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Countries | Czechoslovakia France |
Languages | Czech English |
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. [1]
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." [2] 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." [3]
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 |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Lucernafilm |
Release date |
|
Running time | 111 minutes |
Countries | Czechoslovakia France |
Languages | Czech English |
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. [1]
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." [2] 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." [3]