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Pavement Butterfly

Großstadtschmetterling

Release: 1929-04-09 ·Runtime: 96m ·★ 6.0
Drama

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.

Production Countries

United Kingdom Germany

Production Companies

Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH
British International Pictures