The Dream of Butterfly

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The Dream of Butterfly (1939)

Directed by Carmine Gallone

Drama, Music, Romance · 1h 40m

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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Cast

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Maria Cebotari Rosi Belloni Fosco Giachetti Harry Peters Lucie Englisch Anna Ranieri Paul Kemp Richard Hell Germana Paolieri Mary Peterson Luigi Almirante Riccardo Belli Renato Cialente Guglielmo Barnabò Carlo Lombardi
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Miranda Bonansea Giuseppe Pierozzi Paolo Stoppa

Crew

Director
Carmine Gallone
Editor
Oswald Hafenrichter
Producer
Fritz Curioni

Details

Original title
Il sogno di Butterfly
Release date
1939-01-10
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
Italy
Production
Esperia Film Distributing Co. Inc., Grandi Film Storici