About this release
Prolific Italian filmmaker Duccio Tessari (La Morte Risale a Ieri Sera) returned to the giallo field with this first-rate detective thriller which begins with a French co-ed (Carole Andre) repeatedly stabbed in a park during a thunderstorm. The suspicion falls on sportscaster Alessandro Marchi (Giancarlo Sbargia), who is being framed (or so it seems) by his trysting wife (Ida Galli, aka Evelyn Stewart) and lawyer (Gunther M. Stoll). Unfortunately, while Marchi is being railroaded into prison, the murders begin anew, and Marchi is released to face the dead girl's grieving lover (Helmut Berger), whose motives would later be echoed in even better Italian thrillers such as Tenebre.
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Disc 1
BD
The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
99 min
HorrorThrillerMystery
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...
Credits
Director
Duccio Tessari
Writer
Duccio Tessari
Gianfranco Clerici
Cast
Helmut Bergeras Giorgio
Giancarlo Sbragiaas Alessandro Marchi
Ida Gallias Maria Marchi
Wendy D'Oliveas Sarah Marchi
Günther Stollas Attorney Giulio Cordaro
Carole Andréas Françoise Pigaut
Wolfgang Preissas The Prosecutor
Lorella De Lucaas Marta Clerici
Silvano Tranquillias Inspector Berardi
Peter Shepherdas The Inspector's Assistant
Cinematographer
Carlo Carlini
Composer
Gianni Ferrio
Disc 2
DVDThe Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
99 min
HorrorThrillerMystery
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...
Credits
Director
Duccio Tessari
Writer
Duccio Tessari
Gianfranco Clerici
Cast
Helmut Bergeras Giorgio
Giancarlo Sbragiaas Alessandro Marchi
Ida Gallias Maria Marchi
Wendy D'Oliveas Sarah Marchi
Günther Stollas Attorney Giulio Cordaro
Carole Andréas Françoise Pigaut
Wolfgang Preissas The Prosecutor
Lorella De Lucaas Marta Clerici
Silvano Tranquillias Inspector Berardi
Peter Shepherdas The Inspector's Assistant
Cinematographer
Carlo Carlini
Composer
Gianni Ferrio
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 8, 2026