The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1939-01-10
Runtime: 100 minutes
Director: Carmine Gallone
Top Cast
- Maria Cebotari as Rosi Belloni
- Fosco Giachetti as Harry Peters
- Lucie Englisch as Anna Ranieri
- Paul Kemp as Richard Hell
- Germana Paolieri as Mary Peterson
- Luigi Almirante as Riccardo Belli
- Renato Cialente as
- Guglielmo Barnabò as
- Carlo Lombardi as
- Miranda Bonansea as
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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