Nocturnal Butterfly
7.4
Marta Dekasová works as a governess in a garrison town. The beautiful girl is the center of attention of many men, but she only desires Lieutenant Varga, who is married and rejects her. Desperate, Marta throws herself into the arms of the most intrusive of her suitors, and is then dismissed in disgrace. She goes to Prague to live with her friend Kiki, becomes a bar singer, and continues her journey down the sloping surface. Hope for a new life dawns on her when a young student falls in love with her, but just then Varga appears in the bar and rekindles her unquenched feelings...
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Cast
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Hana Vítová
Marta Dekasová
Also in
Sextánka
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire
Svatopluk Beneš
Rudolf Kala
Also in
I Dutifully Report
A Prague Underworld
František Čáp
Also in
Before Graduation
Karel Novák
Gustav Nezval
Varga
Also in
Hříšní lidé města pražského
Men Without Wings
Marie Glázrová
Helena Vargová
Also in
Almost King
Rozina the Love Child
Václav Krška
Also in
Early Days
K. M. Walló
Adina Mandlová
Anča alias Kiki
Also in
Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an
Holka nebo kluk?
Antonín Zelenka
Rudolf Hrušínský
Michal Lary
Known for
The Cremator
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Ferdinand Pečenka
František Čáp Director · Václav Krška Screenplay Vojtěch Mixa Author
First release August 1, 1941 · Produced in XC · Original title Noční motýl
Production
Lucernafilm
Production · Distribution
XC
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Noční motýl
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Slovakia · August 1, 1941
XC · October 10, 1941
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
January 1, 1946
Denmark
November 22, 1943
Finland
August 29, 1943
Germany
March 12, 1943 · Theatrical
Italy
January 1, 1943
Sweden
April 29, 1944
XC
August 1, 1941 · Premiere · Filmové žně Zlín
May 28, 1943 · Theatrical · Re-release
June 26, 1964 · Theatrical · Re-release
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