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The Shanghai Drama
The Shanghai Drama
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The Shanghai Drama

1938
Directed byG.W. Pabst
1h 35m

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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Louis JouvetIvanRaymond RouleauFranchon
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Suzanne Desprès
Nina
Valéry InkijinoffLee Pang
DorvilleBig-Bill
André AlermeMac Tavish
Élina LabourdetteVera
Robert ManuelAttacked customer
Mila ParélyCaptain of the girls
Suzanne DesprèsGoverness Niania
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.4

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