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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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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)
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