The Bloodstained Butterfly

The Bloodstained Butterfly

99 mins | Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Sept. 10, 1971

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...

The Bloodstained Butterfly

99 mins | Thriller, Horror, Mystery | Sept. 10, 1971

The Bloodstained Butterfly
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...
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Filmes Cinematografica
Original title Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate
Directors Vittoria Vigorelli, Duccio Tessari
Writers Duccio Tessari, Gianfranco Clerici, Edgar Wallace

Cast

Helmut Berger

as Giorgio

Giancarlo Sbragia

as Alessandro Marchi

Ida Galli

as Maria Marchi

Wendy D'Olive

as Sarah Marchi

Günther Stoll

as Attorney Giulio Cordaro

Carole André

as Françoise Pigaut

Wolfgang Preiss

as The Prosecutor

Lorella De Luca

as Marta Clerici

Silvano Tranquilli

as Inspector Berardi

Peter Shepherd

as The Inspector's Assistant

Gabriella D'Olive

as Gabriella Giusti

Anna Zinnemann

as Anna Bellini

Dana Ghia

as Giorgio's Mother

Federica Tessari

as Federica Sartesi