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Pavement Butterfly

Film

Pavement Butterfly

6.0

1h 36m

1929

Synopsis

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.

Director

Richard Eichberg

Drama

Cast & Crew

Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong

as Hai-Tang

Alexander Granach

Alexander Granach

as Coco

Nien Sön Ling

Nien Sön Ling

as Mr.Wu

S.Z. Sakall

S.Z. Sakall

as Paul Bennet

Elwood Fleet Bostwick

as Mr. Working

Tilla Garden

as Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter

Gaston Jacquet

Gaston Jacquet

as Baron de Neuve

Fred Louis Lerch

Fred Louis Lerch

as Fedja Kusmin

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