The Last Butterfly (; ) 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 and on ITV in the United Kingdom on 11 May 1992. The film received generally positive reviews. Stephen Holden wrote in The 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)
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