Synopsis & Context
In this, her second silent film with Eichberg, Wong plays Princess Butterfly, an exotic Parisian fan dancer whose “death leap through a circle of naked swords” act goes tragically wrong. Blamed for the impalement of a fellow performer, she runs away and takes shelter with a handsome but starving painter who she brings luck.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Großstadtschmetterling
- Release
- April 9, 1929
- Screen Time
- 1h 36min
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Richard Eichberg
- Original Language
- German
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Released
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