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:
24 November 1929
William Henry Skinner's young wife has great confidence in her husband's abilities and is ambitious for his success.
24 August 1929
Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
30 June 1929
Mary, a high society girl, wants to see how the other half lives, so she becomes a cabaret dancer in a New York nightclub.
21 July 1929
In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss.
21 November 1929
Young Veronika travels from her Tyrolean village to her aunt’s Viennese apartment for her confirmation.
31 August 1929
Nightclub hostess Sophie Leonard educates her daughter Beth abroad and keeps her life secret for her.
15 January 1929
A vaudeville act. Trixie Friganza performs first a story and then a song. For the story, she wears a wide-brimmed had and a matching diaphanous shawl.
09 February 1929
Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who won't stop crying.
05 April 1929
This is a really strange, but thought provoking film. Here, beloved Mary literally lets Harry Spear kick her behind, spend her money on him, and forces her to push his kiddie car, all so that she could get the occasional joy of watching Harry "Wiggle His Ears.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1929 British International Pictures, Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH.