The Dream of Butterfly

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 10, 1939

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

Esperia Film Distributing Co. Inc.,Grandi Film Storici

Cast

Maria Cebotari,Germana Paolieri,Carlo Bonansea,Miranda Bonansea,Liana Del Balzo,Giuseppe Pierozzi,Paolo Stoppa,Guido Notari,Carlo Lombardi,Gabriella Dudaand 14 more

Director

Carmine Gallone

Writer

Luigi Ricci

Producer

Fritz Curioni

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0031949