The Broken Butterfly
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62% Critic Match

The Broken Butterfly

A Symphony of Love and Pathos FOR MAIDS and MATRONS MOTHERS and DAUGHTERS FATHERS and SONS

6.2 / 10 1919 58mNR English
DramaRomance

Storyline

A woman in Canada abused by her aunt falls in love with a foreign composer looking for inspiration, who comes to find it in her and the star-crossed romance that develops between them.

Cast & Crew

Lew Cody

Lew Cody

Darrell Thorne

Lead
Mary Alden

Mary Alden

Zabie Elliot

Pauline Starke

Pauline Starke

Marcene Elliot

PJ

Peaches Johnson

Marcène's Child

Nina Byron

Nina Byron

Marcène's Sister

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maurice Tourneur's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Broken Butterfly is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker