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The Dream of Butterfly

5.7(3)19391h 40m1

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.

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Italian
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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical12 Feb 1941
  • CroatiaHR

    • Theatrical22 Feb 1940
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical23 Jun 1941
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1 Apr 1942
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12 Sept 1939
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical10 Jan 1939
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical1 Mar 1941
  • RussiaSU

    • TheatricalСубтитры – к/ст им. Горького, 1948 г. 9 Nov 1948
  • SloveniaSI

    • Theatrical25 Dec 1939
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical11 Nov 1941
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical28 Aug 1940

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The Dream of Butterfly was released on 10 January 1939.

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