Le Drame de Shanghaï
/
El drama de Shanghai
/
Le drame de Shanghaï
/
Il dramma di Shanghai
director:
G.W. Pabst
playwright:
Herman G. Weinberg
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Alexandre Arnoux
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Léo Lania
actor:
Louis Jouvet
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Raymond Rouleau
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Suzanne Desprès
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Valéry Inkijinoff
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Dorville
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genre:
Drama
region:
France
language:
French
length: 1h 35m
release date:
1938-09-23
(Release)
IMDb: tt0028809
Le Drame de Shanghaï
overview
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...