The Dream of ButterflyMovie
Italian filmmaker Carmine Gallone was still in his "operetta" mode when he helmed 1938's Il Sogno di Butterfly (Dream of the Butterfly) Maria Cebotari plays opera diva Rosa Belloni, currently starring in a production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The plot thickens when Rosa's backstage life begins to mirror the travails of the character she is portraying. The climax comes when Harry Peters (Fosco Giachetti), the American father of Rosa's illegitimate child, returns after four years with his new wife in tow, leading inexorably to a doleful ending both on- and offstage. Critics complained about the substandard photography in Il Sogno di Butterfly, but this might have been due to poor laboratory work.
About The Dream of Butterfly
The Dream of Butterfly is a 1939 drama, music, romance movie directed by Carmine Gallone.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 40m, production credits from Italy, an original language code of IT.
The credited cast includes Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti, Lucie Englisch, Paul Kemp. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
