The Dream of Butterfly
The Dream of Butterfly

The Dream of Butterfly

5.0

1 hr 40 min

1939-01-10

2

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.

Drama

Music

Romance

Trailers

Characters

Maria Cebotari

Maria Cebotari

Rosi Belloni

Fosco Giachetti

Fosco Giachetti

Harry Peters

Lucie Englisch

Lucie Englisch

Anna Ranieri

Paul Kemp

Paul Kemp

Richard Hell

Germana Paolieri

Germana Paolieri

Mary Peterson

Luigi Almirante

Luigi Almirante

Riccardo Belli

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