---
title: 'The Golden Butterfly (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Curtiz'
released: '1926-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-golden-butterfly-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016930/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Golden Butterfly (1926)

1926 · 89 min · Drama, Romance · Germany, Austria

Original title: Der goldene Schmetterling

## Synopsis

The Golden Butterfly is a 1926 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Hermann Leffler, Lili Damita, and Nils Asther. It was based on the 1915 short story "The Making of Mac's" by British author P. G. Wodehouse. The film was released in the United Kingdom as The Golden Butterfly, in a form shortened to 5 reels, and had a limited release in the US under the title The Road to Happiness.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner)
- **Producer:** [Arnold Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-pressburger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gustav Ucicky](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-ucicky), [Eduard von Borsody](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-von-borsody)

## Cast

- [Karl Platen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-platen)
- [Gyula Szöreghy](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyula-szoreghy)
- [Hermann Leffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-leffler)
- [Curt Bois](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-bois)
- [Jack Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-trevor)
- [Lili Damita](https://cinepixo.com/people/lili-damita)
- [Nils Asther](https://cinepixo.com/people/nils-asther)
- [Ferdinand Bonn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-bonn)
- [Kurt Gerron](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-gerron)

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