Madame Butterfly

2h 9m 1996

Brief Synopsis

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Based on Puccini's opera, "Madame Butterfly" tells the tragic story of Butterfly, a 15-year-old geisha who marries Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a U.S. Navy officer on leave in Nagasaki. Pinkerton, intending no more than a fling, is warned by Sharpless, the counsul in the port, that the young girl is

Cast & Crew

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Frederic Mitterand

Director

Ning Liang

Suzuki

Richard Troxell

Pinkerton

Richard Cowan

Sharpless

Jing Ma Fan

Goro

Constance Hauman

Kate Pinkerton

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Romance
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Bbc Worldwide; Centre National Du Cinema; European Script Fund; France 3 Cinéma; Idéale Audience; Sony Classical; StudioCanal; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Zdf)
Distribution Company
Sony Classical; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Location
Tunisia

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 9m

Synopsis

Based on Puccini's opera, "Madame Butterfly" tells the tragic story of Butterfly, a 15-year-old geisha who marries Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a U.S. Navy officer on leave in Nagasaki. Pinkerton, intending no more than a fling, is warned by Sharpless, the counsul in the port, that the young girl is taking the marriage very seriously. Pinkerton sails away, leaving Butterfly alone with her faithful maid Suzuki. Three years pass, and when Pinkerton's ship finally drops anchor in Nagasaki and he returns with an American wife, Butterfly's vigil ends in tragedy.

Director

Frederic Mitterand

Director

Cast

Ning Liang

Suzuki

Richard Troxell

Pinkerton

Richard Cowan

Sharpless

Jing Ma Fan

Goro

Constance Hauman

Kate Pinkerton

Christopheren Nomura

Prince Yamadori

Yo Kuskabe

Uncle

Miki-lou Pinard

Nabil Agoun

Lotfi Bahri

Salem Zahrouni

Yoshi Oida

Therese Nguyen Ba Hau

Wen-juan Zhao

Midori Mornet

Kamel Touati

Santy Norasingh

Abdelazziz Aslen

Wahid Touihiri

Crew

Michele Abbe

Production Designer

Ahmed Baha Eddine Attia

Associate Producer

Pierre-olivier Bardet

Producer

Luc Barnier

Editor

James Conlon

Musical Direction (Orchestre De Paris)

Glenn Dubose

Managing Director ("Great Performances")

William Flageollet

Sound

Christian Gasc

Costume Designer

Didier Gervais

Sound

Giuseppe Giacosa

Other

Michael Glotz

Artistic Direction

Stephanie Granel

Sound

David Horn

Series Producer (For Music "Great Performances")

Luigi Illica

Other

Guy Level

Sound

Frederic Mitterand

Screenwriter

Thi Loan Nguyen

Makeup

Samsung Nices

Associate Producer

Giacomo Puccini

Other

Daniel Toscan Du Plantier

Producer

Jac Venza

Executive Producer ("Great Performances")

John Walker

Senior Producer (For Music "Great Performances")

Philippe Welt

Director Of Photography

Daniel Zalay

Artistic Direction

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Romance
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Bbc Worldwide; Centre National Du Cinema; European Script Fund; France 3 Cinéma; Idéale Audience; Sony Classical; StudioCanal; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Zdf)
Distribution Company
Sony Classical; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Location
Tunisia

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 9m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States March 1, 1997

Released in United States October 1996

Released in United States on Video April 22, 1997

Released in United States Spring May 3, 1996

Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.

Broadcast in USA over Thirteen-WNET July 2, 1997.

Released in United States March 1, 1997 (Laemmle's Monica 4 Plex; Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video April 22, 1997

Released in United States Spring May 3, 1996

Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)

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