''The Golden Butterfly'' (german: Der goldene Schmetterling) is a 1926 Austrian-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

Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz ( ; born Manó Kaminer; since 1905 Mihály Kertész; hu, Kertész Mihály; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed cla ...

and starring

Hermann Leffler Hermann Leffler (1864–1929) was a German stage and film actor.Grange p.163 Selected filmography * '' The Voice'' (1920) * ''Prashna's Secret'' (1922) * '' The Tower of Silence'' (1924) * ''The Fake Emir'' (1924) * ''Horrido ''Horrido'' is a ...

Lili Damita Lili Damita (born Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré; 10 July 1904 – 21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937. Early life and education Lili Damita was born Liliane Marie-Madeleine Car ...

and

Nils Asther Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 – 19 October 1981)Swedi ...

. It was based on the 1915 short story " The Making of Mac's" by British author

P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''The Golden Butterfly'', in a form shortened to 5 reels, and had a limited release in the US under the title ''The Road to Happiness''. The film was shot at the

Johannisthal Studios The Johannisthal Studios were film studios located in the Berlin area of Johannisthal. Founded in 1920 on the site of a former airfield, they were a centre of production during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Nearly four hundred films were made at Johan ...

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 ...

and on location in

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and

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Paul Leni Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi; 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making ''Hintertreppe'' (1921) and '' Waxworks'' (1924) in Germany, and '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), ''Th ...

. It was made as a co-production between the Austrian Sascha Film and the German

Phoebus Film Phoebus Film or Phoebus-Film was a German film production and distribution company active during the silent era. It was one of the medium-sized firms established during the early boom years of the Weimar Republic. It had a distribution agreement wi ...

. It was released in Britain by the

Stoll Pictures Stoll Pictures was a British film production and distribution company of the silent era, founded in April 1918. Background During the early to mid-1920s it was the largest film company in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe. Its major domes ...

company. It was the last film directed by the Hungarian Michael Curtiz in Germany before he immigrated to the United States.Von Dassanowsky p. 30

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Butterfly, The 1926 films Films based on works by P. G. Wodehouse Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Michael Curtiz German silent feature films Austrian silent feature films Austrian black-and-white films German black-and-white films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios German drama films 1926 drama films Danish drama films Austrian drama films Phoebus Film films Silent drama films 1920s German films