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7.3A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Cast
- Emma Watson as Lena
- Daniel Brühl as Daniel
- Michael Nyqvist as Paul Schäfer
- Richenda Carey as Gisela
- Vicky Krieps as Ursel
- Jeanne Werner as Doro
Themes
- kidnapping
- 1970s
- cult
- chile
- pinochet regime
- religion
- torture chamber
- religious fundamentalism
- military dictatorship
- political unrest
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Florian Gallenberger
- Written by
- Torsten Wenzel Florian Gallenberger
- Produced by
- Benjamin Herrmann Nicholas Steil Christian Becker James Spring
- Starring
- Emma Watson Daniel Brühl Michael Nyqvist
- Cinematography
- Kolja Brandt
- Edited by
- Hansjörg Weißbrich
- Music by
- André Dziezuk Fernando Velázquez
- Production companies
- Majestic Filmproduktion Beta Cinema Iris Productions Rat Pack Filmproduktion Rezo Productions Fred Films ProSieben Sky
- Distributed by
- Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom) Majestic Filmverleih (Germany) Rezo Films (France)
- Release dates
- 13 September 2015 ( 2015-09-13 ) ( TIFF ) 18 February 2016 ( 2016-02-18 ) (Germany) 1 July 2016 ( 2016-07-01 ) (United Kingdom) 20 July 2016 ( 2016-07-20 ) (France)
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Countries
- Germany Luxembourg France United Kingdom
- Languages
- English Spanish
- Box office
- $3.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 884925
- Official website
- www.coloniathemovie.com
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2016-07-20
- title
- Colonia
- Commons category
- Colonia (film)
- review score
- 33/100
- end time
- 2015-09-00
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Colonia (released in the UK as The Colony) is a 2015 historical thriller film directed by Florian Gallenberger, produced by Benjamin Herrmann, written by Torsten Wenzel and Gallenberger, and starring Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, and Michael Nyqvist. The film is set against the backdrop of the 1973 Chilean military coup and the Colonia Dignidad, a notorious cult in the South of Chile, led by German lay preacher Paul Schäfer. Colonia is an international co-production of companies in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, and France.
Principal photography began on 2 October 2014 in Luxembourg; filming also took place in Germany and Argentina. Colonia held its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations section. The film was released in Germany on 18 February 2016, in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2016, and in France on 20 July 2016.