Colonia (film)

Colonia
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byFlorian Gallenberger
Written by
  • Torsten Wenzel
  • Florian Gallenberger
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKolja Brandt
Edited byHansjörg Weißbrich
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom)
  • Majestic Filmverleih (Germany)
  • Rezo Films (France)
Release dates
  • 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) (TIFF)
  • 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) (Germany)
  • 1 July 2016 (2016-07-01) (United Kingdom)
  • 20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) (France)
Running time
110 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Germany
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • United Kingdom[1]
Languages
  • English[2]
  • Spanish
Box office$3.6 million[3]

Colonia (released in the UK as The Colony) is a 2015 historical thriller film directed by Florian Gallenberger, produced by Benjamin Herrmann, written by Torsten Wenzel and Gallenberger, and starring Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, and Michael Nyqvist. The film is set against the backdrop of the 1973 Chilean military coup and the Colonia Dignidad, a notorious cult in the South of Chile, led by German lay preacher Paul Schäfer. Colonia is an international co-production of companies in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, and France.

Principal photography began on 2 October 2014 in Luxembourg; filming also took place in Germany and Argentina. Colonia held its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations section.[4] The film was released in Germany on 18 February 2016, in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2016, and in France on 20 July 2016.

  1. ^ "The Colony (2016) – BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "COLONIA (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Colonia".
  4. ^ "Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'". ScreenDaily. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.