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.
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Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang
Alexander Granach as Coco
Nien Sön Ling as Mr.Wu
S.Z. Sakall as Paul Bennet
Elwood Fleet Bostwick as Mr. Working
Tilla Garden as Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter
Gaston Jacquet as Baron de Neuve
Fred Louis Lerch as Fedja Kusmin
Otto Baecker Director of Photography
Heinrich Gärtner Director of Photography
Richard Eichberg Director
Adolf Lantz Writer
Hans Kyser Story
Papillon de la rue Trailer
City Butterfly Trailer
Germany 09 April 1929
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1929:
11 October 1929
With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.
30 March 1929
A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide.
21 January 1929
In this his third film for FBO (Film Booking Office), Mix plays Tom Manning, a cowboy framed for murder and bank robbery by bandit leader Ethan Laidlaw.
19 May 1929
An animated short film, and part of Paul Terry's Aesop's Film Fables, in which some animals play a game of baseball.
17 February 1929
Based on George Ade's story about a wealthy young man whose life is changed by his love for a gardener's daughter, transforming him into a more compassionate person.
12 March 1929
An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over the world.
10 February 1929
It seems that an evil saloon owner not only wants this valuable steed for himself, but also its owner, the beautiful Mary Ellis.
07 November 1929
Irène Bordoni is cast as Vivienne Rolland, a Parisian chorus girl in love with Massachusetts boy Andrew Sabbot (Jason Robards Sr.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1929 British International Pictures, Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH.