Pavement Butterfly (1929)
1h 36m
Running Time
April 9, 1929Release Date
Pavement Butterfly (1929)
1h 36m
Running Time
April 9, 1929Release Date
Plot.
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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Release DateApril 9, 1929
Original NameGroßstadtschmetterling
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
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Wiki.
Pavement Butterfly (German: Großstadtschmetterling) is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, and Gaston Jacquet. It was part of an ongoing co-production arrangement between Eichberg and British International Pictures.
The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Paris, Nice and Monte Carlo. The sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Werner Schlichting.