City Butterfly
Original title: Großstadtschmetterling
Drama
⭐ 7.5 / 10(113)
Mah (Anna May Wong) is a dancer in the French Riviera who, after her act takes a deadly turn, finds refuge in the arms of a young painter.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Released
- 1929
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1929
Storyline
Mah (Anna May Wong) is a dancer in the French Riviera who, after her act takes a deadly turn, finds refuge in the arms of a young painter.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
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Anna May Wong — Mah
Alexander Granach — Coco- Nien Soen Ling — Mr. Wu
Elwood Fleet Bostwick — Mr. Working
Did you know
• This is considered to be an example of Straßenfilm ("Street Film"), a sub-genre of films that flourished in Germany during the Weimar period.
• This film has been preserved in its entirety by the Deutsches Filminstitut and Filmmuseum.
User reviews
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono, Silent
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
