---
title: 'Harakiri (1919)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fritz Lang'
released: '1919-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 60
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/harakiri-1919'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010208/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Harakiri (1919)

1919 · 60 min · Drama · Germany


## Synopsis

Harakiri, or Madame Butterfly, is a German 1919 silent film directed in Germany by Fritz Lang. It was one of the first Japanese-themed films depicting Japanese culture. The film was originally released in the United States and other countries as Madame Butterfly because of the source material on which it is based and which also inspired Giacomo Puccini's eponymous 1904 opera. The film starred Lil Dagover as O-Take-san.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Max Jungk](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-jungk)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Max Fassbender](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-fassbender)

## Cast

- [Georg John](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-john)
- [Meinhart Maur](https://cinepixo.com/people/meinhart-maur)
- [Paul Biensfeldt](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-biensfeldt)
- [Rudolf Lettinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-lettinger)
- [Lil Dagover](https://cinepixo.com/people/lil-dagover)

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