Apr 09, 1929
96 min
Full-HD

Pavement Butterfly (1929)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

United Kingdom Germany

Companies

Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH British International Pictures

Anna May Wong

Hai-Tang

Alexander Granach

Coco

Nien Sön Ling

Mr.Wu

S.Z. Sakall

Paul Bennet

Elwood Fleet Bostwick

Mr. Working

Tilla Garden

Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter

Gaston Jacquet

Baron de Neuve

Fred Louis Lerch

Fedja Kusmin

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