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Pavement Butterfly (German: Großstadtschmetterling) is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, and Gaston Jacquet.[1] It was part of an ongoing co-production arrangement between Eichberg and British International Pictures.

Pavement Butterfly
Directed by	Richard Eichberg
Written by	Hans Kyser [de; fr] Adolf Lantz
Starring	Anna May Wong Alexander Granach Gaston Jacquet
Cinematography	Otto Baecker Heinrich Gärtner
Music by	Max Pflugmacher
Production companies	Richard Eichberg-Film British International Pictures
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	10 April 1929 (1929-04-10)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Germany United Kingdom
Languages	Silent German/English intertitles

The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Paris, Nice and Monte Carlo. The sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Werner Schlichting.

Synopsis

A Chinese dancer in the nightclubs of Paris, becomes involved with a Russian painter and becomes his model. She is persecuted by a man named Coco, accused of theft. Later, in the French Riviera she is at last able to prove her innocence.

Cast

References

Bibliography

• Kapczynski, Jennifer M.; Richardson, Michael D., eds. (2014) [2012]. A New History of German Cinema. New York: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-58046-854-1.

External links

• Pavement Butterfly at IMDb

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