Pavement Butterfly
7.3
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.
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Cast
12 people
Anna May Wong
Hai-Tang
Known for
Shanghai Express
The Thief of Bagdad
Alexander Granach
Coco
Known for
Nosferatu
Ninotchka
Richard Eichberg
Also in
The Pleasures of the Reserve Exercise
Problematische Naturen
Hans Kyser
Nien Sön Ling
Mr.Wu
Also in
Achtung! Liebe! Lebensgefahr!
The Marathon Runners
Adolf Lantz
S.Z. Sakall
Paul Bennet
Known for
Casablanca
Ball of Fire
Elwood Fleet Bostwick
Mr. Working
Also in
Kitty
Tilla Garden
Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter
Also in
Die tolle Komteß
My Sister and I
Gaston Jacquet
Baron de Neuve
Also in
A Man's Head
David Golder
Fred Louis Lerch
Fedja Kusmin
Also in
Carmen
Liebelei
John Höxter
Richard Eichberg Director · Adolf Lantz Writer Hans Kyser Story
First release April 9, 1929 · Produced in United Kingdom, Germany · Production British International Pictures
Production
Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH
Production
British International Pictures
Production
United Kingdom · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Großstadtschmetterling
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · April 9, 1929
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Bulgaria
March 24, 1930
Denmark
November 21, 1929
Estonia
January 8, 1930
Finland
November 3, 1930
United Kingdom
December 9, 1929 · London
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