Film
The Shanghai Drama
1938Directed by G.W. Pabst
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
About The Shanghai Drama
- Drama
Synopsis
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...
- Director
- G.W. Pabst
- Writers
- Herman G. Weinberg
- Léo Lania
- Oscar Paul Gilbert
- Henri Jeanson
- Alexandre Arnoux
- Original title
- Le Drame de Shanghaï
