In this, her second silent film with Eichberg, Wong plays Princess Butterfly, an exotic Parisian fan dancer whose “death leap through a circle of naked swords” act goes tragically wrong. Blamed for the impalement of a fellow performer, she runs away and takes shelter with a handsome but starving painter who she brings luck.
Anna May Wong
as Hai-Tang
Alexander Granach
as Coco
Nien Sön Ling
as Mr.Wu
S.Z. Sakall
as Paul Bennet
Elwood Fleet Bostwick
as Mr. Working
Tilla Garden
as Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter
Gaston Jacquet
as Baron de Neuve
Fred Louis Lerch
as Fedja Kusmin