Pavement Butterfly (1929)

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.

Released April 9, 1929 96 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH, British International Pictures

Country: Germany
Languages: German, No Language