The Golden Butterfly
| The Golden Butterfly | |
|---|---|
 French release poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Produced by | Arnold Pressburger |
| Written by |
Jane Bess Adolf Lantz Story: P.G. Wodehouse |
| Starring |
Hermann Leffler Lili Damita |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| Cinematography |
Gustav Ucicky Eduard von Borsody |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Phoebus Film |
Release date |
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| Country |
Weimar Republic Austria Denmark |
The Golden Butterfly (German: Der goldene Schmetterling) is a 1926 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Hermann Leffler, Lili Damita and Nils Asther.
The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in London and Cambridge. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Leni. It was made as a co-production between the Austrian Sascha Film and the German Phoebus Film. It was released in Britain by the Stoll Pictures company. It was the last film directed by the Hungarian Michael Curtiz in Germany before he emigrated to the United States.[1]
Cast
- Hermann Leffler as MacFarland
- Lili Damita as Lilian, his foster daughter
- Nils Asther as Andy, his son
- Jack Trevor as Teddy Aberdeen, a wealthy and idle man
- Curt Bois as André Dubois, dancer and choreographer
- Kurt Gerron as the regular diner
- Karl Platen as 'Uncle Bill', the head waiter
- Ferdinand Bonn as the theatre director
- Julius von Szöreghy as the cook
References
- ↑ Von Dassanowsky p.30
Bibliography
- Robert Von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema. McFarland & Co, 2005.
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