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The Shanghai Drama (1938)

The Shanghai Drama (1938)

Drama
Release Date: 1938, September 23
Directors: G.W. Pabst
Countries: France
Production: Teorema
Cast: Valéry Inkijinoff, Gaby André, Mila Parély, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey, Raymond Rouleau, Marcel Lupovici, Élina Labourdette, Gabrielle Dorziat, Valentine Camax, Christl Mardayn, André Alerme

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...

Keywords:

kidnapping shanghai, china labor union second sino-japanese war (1937-45)