The Last Butterfly

The Last Butterfly (Poslední motýl; 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.

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."