The Shanghai Drama

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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...

Country:

France

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

95 minutes

Year:

1938

Director:

G.W. Pabst

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Company:

TEOREMA

Cast:
Louis Jouvet

Ivan

Raymond Rouleau

Franchon

Suzanne Desprès

Nina

Valéry Inkijinoff

Lee Pang

Dorville

Big-Bill

Crew:
G.W. Pabst

Director

Herman G. Weinberg

Writer

Guy de Gastyne

Production Design

Georges Annenkov

Costume Design

Henri Alekan

Assistant Camera