---
title: 'Black Butterflies (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paula van der Oest'
released: '2011-02-06'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Netherlands'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-butterflies-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906778/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Black Butterflies (2011)

2011 · Drama · Germany, Netherlands


## Synopsis

Black Butterflies is an English-language Dutch drama film about the life of South-African Afrikaans poet and anti-apartheid political dissident Ingrid Jonker. The film was directed by Paula van der Oest and premiered in the Netherlands on February 6 before being released on 31 March 2011.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paula van der Oest](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-van-der-oest)
- **Screenplay:** [Greg Latter](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-latter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-miller)
- **Producer:** [Marina Blok](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-blok)
- **Editor:** [Sander Vos](https://cinepixo.com/people/sander-vos)

## Cast

- [Rutger Hauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rutger-hauer)
- [Liam Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-cunningham)
- [Carice van Houten](https://cinepixo.com/people/carice-van-houten)
- [Albert Maritz](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-maritz)

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Official site: http://www.blackbutterflies.nl/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-butterflies-2011
Film facts: Wikidata (Q2728719); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.