The Shanghai Drama (1938)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 23, 1938Release Date
The Shanghai Drama (1938)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 23, 1938Release Date
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Plot.
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back.
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Cast & Crew.
Christl Mardayn
Mme Blonski / La chanteuse Kay Murphy
Louis Jouvet
L'aventurier Ivan
Valéry Inkijinoff
Lee Pang
Raymond Rouleau
Le journaliste André Franchon
Dorville
Big-Bill, le patron de la boîte de nuit
G.W. Pabst
Director
André Alerme
Mac Tavish
Elina Labourdette
Vera
Alexandre Arnoux
Writer
Robert Manuel
Attacked customer
Oscar Paul Gilbert
Writer
Mila Parély
Captain of the girls
Henri Jeanson
Writer
Léo Lania
Writer
Suzanne Desprès
Nina / Governess Niania
Herman G. Weinberg
Writer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 23, 1938
Original NameLe Drame de Shanghaï
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Shanghai Drama (French: Le drame de Shanghaï) is a 1938 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau. An exiled White Russian woman works as a cabaret singer in Shanghai to support her daughter through school. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in Saigon in French Indochina.