The Dream of Butterfly

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.

Main Cast

Maria Cebotari

Rosi Belloni

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Fosco Giachetti

Harry Peters

Age : 74 | Popularity : 20%

Lucie Englisch

Anna Ranieri

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Paul Kemp

Richard Hell

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Germana Paolieri

Mary Peterson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Luigi Almirante

Riccardo Belli

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Renato Cialente

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Guglielmo Barnabò

Age : 66 | Popularity : 24%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Carmine Gallone
Production	Producer	Fritz Curioni
Crew	Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi Alberto Fusi
Editing	Editor	Oswald Hafenrichter
Art	Art Direction	Ivo Battelli Guido Fiorini
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Ilse Naumann
Writing	Musical	Luigi Ricci
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