Madame Butterfly (1954 film)

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Madame Butterfly
Directed byCarmine Gallone
Screenplay by
  • Carmine Gallone
  • Iwao Mori[1]
Based onMadama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
Starring
CinematographyClaude Renoir[1]
Edited byNiccolò Lazzari[1]
Music byGiacomo Puccini[1]
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Dear Film (Italy)
  • Toho (Japan)
Release dates
Running time
81 minutes[2]
Countries
LanguageItalian

Madame Butterfly (Italian: Madama Butterfly) is a 1954 musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Kaoru Yachigusa, Nicola Filacuridi and Michiko Tanaka.[3] It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly which is based on David Belasco's short story of the same name.

Cast

Production

Madame Butterfly was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome between October and December 1954.[1]

Release

Madame Butterfly was distributed theatrically in Japan on 3 June 1955.[1] It was released in the United States by I.F.E. in Italian with English subtitles on 23 April 1956.[1] It was reissued in 1970 by Cinemation Industries.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Galbraith IV 2008, p. 111.
  2. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 108.
  3. ^ Goble 1999, p. 291.
  4. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese. p. 213.

Bibliography

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
  • Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter.


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