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COLONIA

COLONIA DIGNIDAD

By Florian GALLENBERGER

CENTRO ARTE ALAMEDA - GITANO FILMS - as DISTR Theatrical, DVD-video, CHILE

Thriller - Completed 2015

Emma Watson in her first lead role since HARRY POTTER in a survival thriller with Daniel Brühl (RUSH).

Toronto - TIFF 2015

Special Presentations

- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Historical
- Countries
- GERMANY
- Languages
- ENGLISH, SPANISH
- Budget
- 5 - 10 M$
- Duration
- 110 mn
- Director(s)
- Florian GALLENBERGER
- Writer(s)
- Thorsten WENZEL, Florian GALLENBERGER
- Cast
- Emma WATSON, Daniel BRÜHL, Michael NYKVIST
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-7542-0000-2-0000-0000-V
- EIDR
- 10.5240/7991-21BC-09ED-64D0-DADF-Y
- Producer(s)
- Benjamin HERRMANN (Majestic Filmproduktion)
- Synopsis
- Chilean coup of 1973. The masses are out on the street, protesting against General Pinochet. Amongst them, Daniel and Lena, a young couple, which, like many others, get arrested by Pinochet's secret police. Soon after, Daniel finds himself trapped in a secret interrogation camp located underground, beneath the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a German sect following the leadership of notorious Paul Schäfer.
  
  The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission but, in fact, is a place nobody ever got away from. Desperate to rescue her boyfriend, Lena joins the mysterious cult, hoping to find Daniel there and to make their way out. Eventually they embark on a dramatic escape – based on true events.