''Battle of the Butterflies'' (german: Die Schmetterlingsschlacht) is a 1924 German
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Franz Eckstein
Franz Eckstein (2 April 1878 – February 1945) was a German screenwriter and film director of the silent era.Reimer & Reimer p.215 He made a number of films for the National Film company during the 1920s. He was married to the actress Rosa Porten ...
and starring
Asta Nielsen,
Reinhold Schünzel
Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...
and
Hans Brausewetter
Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...
.
[Grange p. 183] It is based on a play by
Hermann Sudermann
Hermann Sudermann (30 September 1857 – 21 November 1928) was a German dramatist and novelist.
Life
Early career
Sudermann was born at Matzicken, a village to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia (now Macikai and Šilutė, i ...
. It was shot at the
National Studios in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
.
Cast
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1924 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
Films based on works by Hermann Sudermann
Films directed by Franz Eckstein
National Film films
German black-and-white films
1924 drama films
German drama films
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