Drama · United Kingdom · 1929 · 1h 36m

Pavement Butterfly

Großstadtschmetterling

Director

Cast

Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang Alexander Granach as Coco Nien Sön Ling as Mr.Wu S.Z. Sakall as Paul Bennet Elwood Fleet Bostwick as Mr. Working Tilla Garden as Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter

Crew

Otto Baecker — Director of Photography Heinrich Gärtner — Director of Photography Adolf Lantz — Writer Hans Kyser — Story

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Richard Eichberg Director Otto Baecker Director of Photography Heinrich Gärtner Director of Photography Adolf Lantz Writer Hans Kyser Story

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