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The Dream of Butterfly (1939) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 10, 1939

Original Title:
Il sogno di Butterfly

Alternate Titles:
Butterfly
El sueño de Butterfly
Geishan lemmentarina
Himna ljubavi (Premijera Madame Butterfly)
Le songe de Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly
O Sonho de Butterfly
Pillangó kisasszony szerelme
Premiera Madame Butterfly
Premiere der Butterfly
Premieren paa Butterfly
The Dream of Butterfly
Премьера Баттерфляй
Премьера Чио Чио-Сан

Genres:
Drama | Music | Romance

Production Companies:
Esperia Film Distributing Co. Inc.
Grandi Film Storici

Production Countries:
Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

Overview from TheMovieDB

Italian filmmaker Carmine Gallone was still in his "operetta" mode when he helmed 1938's Il Sogno di Butterfly (Dream of the Butterfly) Maria Cebotari plays opera diva Rosa Belloni, currently starring in a production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The plot thickens when Rosa's backstage life begins to mirror the travails of the character she is portraying. The climax comes when Harry Peters (Fosco Giachetti), the American father of Rosa's illegitimate child, returns after four years with his new wife in tow, leading inexorably to a doleful ending both on- and offstage. Critics complained about the substandard photography in Il Sogno di Butterfly, but this might have been due to poor laboratory work.

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Production

Art Direction:
Ivo Battelli
Guido Fiorini

Cinematography:
Anchise Brizzi
Alberto Fusi

Costume Design:
Ilse Naumann

Director:
Carmine Gallone

Editor:
Oswald Hafenrichter

Musical:
Luigi Ricci

Producer:
Fritz Curioni

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