The Last Butterfly

The grim story of Theresienstadt or Terezin, the Bohemian garrison town converted under Nazi occupation into a ghetto and used as a showplace to demonstrate Hitler's kindness, is a study in shabby illusions. The whole subject of mimicry is studied from each side, since the major character is the Parisian pantomimist, Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay), who has been coerced into performing in Terezin.

Moreau seems to be on the skids; he's been hitting the bottle, is suspicious of his young mistress, Michele (Ingrid Held), and has been reduced to performing in clown makeup in a nightclub frequented by the German military. Moreau dares transform one of his comic sket...