Madame Butterfly Waits
Madame Butterfly Waits
1988, German. Directed by Alexander Kluge.
Themes of 19th century opera are reprised and enacted in silent movies and old postcards. The program begins with a contemporary executive reenacting the aria from Don Carlos ("She never loved me...") for his lover. He uses household props to stage the aria, he "air conducts," and the couple sings along to what is evidently a recording. Gruesome acts from five different operas (massacre, infanticide, revenge, execution, sexual exploitation and abandonment) are suggested by silent movie footage from two films framed like a backdrop within a window or theater, interspersed with two segments of a graphic color-ball and two male radio listeners.
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- 0h 15m
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- German
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- 1 January 1988
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Madame Butterfly Waits isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1988. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked Madame Butterfly Waits, try The Tales of Hoffmann, Evita, M. Butterfly.
Who directed Madame Butterfly Waits?
Madame Butterfly Waits (1988) was directed by Alexander Kluge.