Movie · 1993
M. Butterfly
“Passion. Power. Revenge. In All Their Majesty.”
Released 1 October 1993 101 min Romance / Drama / History More from 1993 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
FR·01
How old were they?
Antony Parr
as Intelligence Officer #3
David Neal
as Judge
Tristram Jellinek
as Defense Attorney
Ian Richardson
as Ambassador Toulon
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Agent Etancelin
David Hemblen
as Intelligence Officer #1
Annabel Leventon
as Frau Baden
Jeremy Irons
as René Gallimard
Barbara Sukowa
as Jeanne Gallimard
Richard McMillan
as Embassy Colleague
John Lone
as Song Liling
Damir Andrei
as Intelligence Officer #2
Shizuko Hoshi
as Comrade Chin
Margaret Ma
as Song's Maid
Philip McGough
as Prosecution Attorney
FR·02
The numbers
0.1×$17m budget became $1m at the box office
30years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Antony Parr — oldest on the call sheet
38Damir Andrei — youngest billed
52average age of the credited cast