''Colette'', also released under the name ''Prisoner of Auschwitz'', is a 2013 English language Czech-Slovak-Dutch
war film
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written and directed by
Milan Cieslar
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World War II
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and based on the
Arnošt Lustig
Arnošt Lustig (; 21 December 1926 – 26 February 2011) was a renowned Czech Jewish author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays whose works have often involved the Holocaust.
Life and work
Lustig was born in Prague. As a Jewish bo ...
book, ''A girl from Antwerp''.
Plot
Cast
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Jiří Mádl
Jiří Mádl (born October 23, 1986) is a Czech film actor, director and screenwriter.
Biography
He was born in České Budějovice.
Among his most prominent roles are a part in the 2008 film ''Night Owls (2008 film), Night Owls'', for which ...
Kristína Svarinská
Kristína Svarinská (born 14 May 1989) is a Slovak actress and dubbing artist. She had a leading role in the most visited film in Slovak cinemas in 2011, '' Lóve''. Svarinská starred alongside Juraj Bača on the first season finale of '' Rex ...
*Juraj Adamík
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Jiří Bartoška
Jiří Bartoška (24 March 1947 – 8 May 2025) was a Czech theatre, television, and film actor and president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. His most notable film roles include performances in ''Sekal Has to Die'' (1998), '' A ...
as Old Vili (voice)
*Dan Brown
*Lubomir Burgr
*Václav Chalupa
* Jan Cina as Jeremiás
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*Jeremi Durand as François Platard (voice)
* Ivan Franěk
*Pavel Gajdoš
* Jordan Haj
*Robert Holik as Mourning Brother
*Juraj Hrcka
*Jitka Jackuliak
*Anna Kocicová
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Barbora Kodetová
Barbora Kodetová (born 6 September 1970) is a Czech actress perhaps best known internationally for her portrayal of Paul Atreides' concubine Chani in the 2000 television miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' and its 2003 sequel, ''Frank Herbert's ...
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*Philipp Kraiczy
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*Denisa Pfauserová
* Elena Podzámska
*Kajetán Písarovic
*Balcárek Radek
*Eva Reiterová
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* Emma Smetana
*Tomas Sotak
*Josef Tkác
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Miroslav Táborský
Miroslav Táborský (born 9 November 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actor who has appeared in Czech television series, as well as in American films.
Táborský studied physics at the University of Hradec Králové, and then graduated ...
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See also
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List of Czech films of the 2010s
A List of Czech films of the 2010s.
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