The Shanghai Drama

The Shanghai Drama

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 23, 1938

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

Le Drame de Shanghaï

Production Companies

TEOREMA

Director

G.W. Pabst

Description

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...