Pavement Butterfly
1929, German. Directed by Richard Eichberg.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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- Released
- 9 April 1929
- Original title
- Großstadtschmetterling
- Country
- United Kingdom, Germany
- Written by
- Hans Kyser, Adolf Lantz
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Pavement Butterfly runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Pavement Butterfly isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 April 1929. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Pavement Butterfly?
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Who directed Pavement Butterfly?
Pavement Butterfly (1929) was directed by Richard Eichberg and stars Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Sön Ling.