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A Pin for the Butterfly is a film of genre Drama with Ian Bannen

A Pin for the Butterfly (1995)

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Genres Drama
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A Pin for the Butterfly is a 1994 British-Czech drama film directed by Hannah Kodicek and starring Ian Bannen, Hugh Laurie and Florence Hoath. A young girl tries to come terms with growing up in Stalinist Czechoslovakia. It was screened at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.



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Actors

Ian Bannen

(Grandpa)Florence Hoath

(Marushka)Ian Hogg

(Great Uncle)Alex Kingston

(Mrs. Solomon)Hugh Laurie

(Uncle)
And :
Joan Plowright
Imogen Stubbs
Rosalie Crutchley
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