The Last Butterfly Movie Review 1992

Quiet Holocaust movie set in Theresienstadt, the Czechoslovak ghetto city used by the Nazis to persuade the outside world of their humane treatment of the Jews. Noted French mime Antoine Moreau (Courtenay) has fallen under suspicion by the Gestapo. He's "persuaded" to give a performance in Theresienstadt for the benefit of the visiting Red Cross but decides to subvert Nazi propaganda with his own version of "Hansel and Gretel." This time the witch feeds the children into her oven. Muted performances and screenplay (adapted from the Michael Jacot novel) heightened the film's surreal calmness.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from Czech.

Cast and Crew

Genres

The Holocaust, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, World War II, Concentration/Internment Camps

Screenplay

Karel Kachyna, Ota Hofman

Cast

Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Freddie Jones, Ingrid Held, Linda Jablonska

Director

Karel Kachyna

Music

Alex North

Producer

Steven North, Arrow Releasing, New Line Cinema