How to watch Colonia
The historical thriller may have come out almost a decade ago, but director Florian Gallenberger’s film has staying power.
Whether you preferstreaming servicesor have a shelf full of satisfying physical media, here are the best ways to watch the movie.
You canstream Colonia on Peacock,buy or rent itdigitally, or purchase aphysical copy.
The film is also available onDVD and Blu-Ray, and you’ll be able to find it on digital marketplaces like Apple TV and Amazon Prime for purchase or rental.
Subscribers can stream Colonia onPeacockat no extra cost in the US. It’s also available with ads onRedboxandCrackle.
Crackle and Redbox are platforms that allow you to watch movies for free with the caveat of ads.
As for Peacock, subscribe and gain access to the streaming service’s entire catalog.
Peacock has two main plans which you can sign up for on a monthly or annual basis:
Colonia is about a woman’s (Emma Watson) frantic search for her abducted boyfriend (Daniel Brühl) in a cult.
Watson plays Lena, and Brühl is her missing boyfriend, Daniel. When they got entangled in a Chilean coup in 1973, Daniel was taken by the secret police.
The hunt draws her to Colonia Dignidad, an infamous sect nobody has ever escaped. Presenting itself as a charitable mission led by a faithful preacher (Michael Nyqvist), it’s actually a cult run by a Nazi.
The story is loosely based on atrue story, as the sect and the preacher were real. To learn more about the events, there’s a Netflixtrue crime documentarycalled A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad.
Otherwise, see theTV shows streaming,new movies streaming, or our list of thebest TV shows. You can also see how towatch the Harry Potter moviesif you’re a fan of Watson’s characters.
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Trudie Graham was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team, specializing in Evergreen content. She has years of experience in entertainment journalism, with bylines at The Digital Fix, Collider, PCGamesN, Zavvi, and more. She likes the weird and the wonderful more than anything, especially if it’s sci-fi or fantasy.
