The Dream of Butterfly
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.
Year: 1939
Studio: Esperia Film Distributing Co. Inc., Grandi Film Storici
Director: Carmine Gallone
Cast: Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti, Lucie Englisch, Paul Kemp, Germana Paolieri, Luigi Almirante
Crew: Carmine Gallone (Director), Fritz Curioni (Producer), Anchise Brizzi (Cinematography), Alberto Fusi (Cinematography), Oswald Hafenrichter (Editor), Ivo Battelli (Art Direction)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Release: Jan 10, 1939
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 2 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Italy
Language: Italiano
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : butterfly
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