1938
6.4 (7 votes)
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
TEOREMA
The Shanghai Drama (Le Drame de Shanghaï)
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...
Key Crew
Director: G.W. Pabst
Writer: Herman G. Weinberg, Léo Lania, Alexandre Arnoux
Director of Photography: Curt Courant, Eugen Schüfftan
Producer: Romain Pinès
Top Cast
Louis Jouvet
Ivan
Raymond Rouleau
Franchon
Suzanne Desprès
Nina
Valéry Inkijinoff
Lee Pang
Dorville
Big-Bill
André Alerme
Mac Tavish
Élina Labourdette
Vera
Robert Manuel
Attacked customer
