Pavement Butterfly
Pavement Butterfly (German: Großstadtschmetterling) is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, and Gaston Jacquet.[1] It was part of an ongoing co-production arrangement between Eichberg and British International Pictures.
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| Directed by | Richard Eichberg |
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| Music by | Max Pflugmacher |
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| Distributed by | Süd-Film |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Paris, Nice and Monte Carlo. The sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Werner Schlichting.
Synopsis
A Chinese dancer in the nightclubs of Paris, becomes involved with a Russian painter and becomes his model. She is persecuted by a man named Coco, accused of theft. Later, in the French Riviera she is at last able to prove her innocence.
Cast
- Anna May Wong as Mah
- Alexander Granach as Coco
- Nien Soen Ling as Mr. Wu
- Elwood Fleet Bostwick as Mr. Working
- Tilla Garden as Ellis Working, Mr. Working's daughter
- Gaston Jacquet as Baron de Neuve
- Fred Louis Lerch as Fedja Kusmin
- S. Z. Sakall as Paul Bennet, Maler
- John Höxter
References
- Kapczynski & Richardson, p. 189.
Bibliography
- Kapczynski, Jennifer M.; Richardson, Michael D., eds. (2014) [2012]. A New History of German Cinema. New York: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-58046-854-1.
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