The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
1h 40m
Running Time
January 10, 1939Release Date
The Dream of Butterfly (1939)
1h 40m
Running Time
January 10, 1939Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Maria Cebotari
Rosi Belloni

Fosco Giachetti
Harry Peters

Lucie Englisch
Anna Ranieri

Paul Kemp
Richard Hell

Germana Paolieri
Mary Peterson

Luigi Almirante
Riccardo Belli

Renato Cialente

Guglielmo Barnabò

Carlo Lombardi
Actor

Carlo Lombardi

Miranda Bonansea

Giuseppe Pierozzi

Guido Cantini
Writer

Ernst Marischka
Writer

Carmine Gallone
Director

Ilse Naumann
Costume Design

Alberto Fusi
Cinematography

Fritz Curioni
Producer

Anchise Brizzi
Cinematography

Luigi Ricci
Musical

Oswald Hafenrichter
Editor

Ivo Battelli
Art Direction

Guido Fiorini
Art Direction

Paolo Stoppa

Rio Nobile

Gino Viotti

Elena Ambrosetti

Carlo Bonansea

Liana Del Balzo

Gabriella Duda

Saro Urzì

Giovanni Stupin
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 10, 1939
Original NameIl sogno di Butterfly
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Dream of Butterfly (Italian: Il sogno di Butterfly, German: Premiere der Butterfly) is a 1939 musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti and Germana Paolieri. It is an variation of the plot of the opera Madame Butterfly. A co-production between Italy and Germany, two separate versions were produced in the respective languages. It is also alternatively titled Madame Butterfly. It was one of several opera-related films directed by Gallone, following on from Casta Diva (1935) and Giuseppe Verdi (1938).
It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ivo Battelli and Guido Fiorini. It was shown at the 1939 Venice Film Festival.
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