The Bloodstained Butterfly
Seen it?1971 | 99 min | Thriller, Mystery
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery or The Big Sleep, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1971: an older pace and style.
When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, seen fleeing the scene of the crime by numerous eyewitnesses. The evidence against him is damning... but is it all too convenient? And when the killer strikes again while Marchi is in custody, it quickly becomes apparent that there's more to the case than meets the eye...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Duccio Tessari
- Helmut BergerGiorgio
- Giancarlo SbragiaAlessandro Marchi
- Ida GalliMaria Marchi
- Wendy D'OliveSarah Marchi
- Günther StollAttorney Giulio Cordaro
- Carole AndréFrançoise Pigaut
- Wolfgang PreissThe Prosecutor
- Lorella De LucaMarta Clerici
- Silvano TranquilliInspector Berardi
- Peter ShepherdThe Inspector's Assistant