Summary
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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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 73GoodWatch 72
IMDb7.3
Letterboxd · 487 ratings3.6/5
Running time
1 h 36 min
Shorter than most dramas, −13 min on the typical 109
typical 10996Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1929
April 9, 1929
97 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Germany
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Richard Eichberg Director
Writing · 2
- Adolf Lantz Writer
- Hans Kyser Story
Camera · 2
- Heinrich Gärtner Director of Photography
- Otto Baecker Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Max Pflugmacher Music
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