Le Drame de Shanghaï (1938)
Een Russische emigrante zingt in een nachtclub in Shanghai onder de schuilnaam Kay Murphy. Haar enige droom is een vredig leven met haar dochter Vera. Maar dit is slechts een illusie, want ze is door haar ex-vriend Ivan gedwongen om voor een geheime criminele organisatie te werken, "De Zwarte Draak". Vera, die op een kostschool in Hongkong zit, weet niets van het verleden van haar moeder. Wanneer Ivan, die tevens Vera's vader is, weer opduikt en Kay chanteert, is de jonge vrouw vastbesloten om terug te vechten...
Regiseur: G.W. Pabst
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Louis Jouvet as Ivan |
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Raymond Rouleau as Franchon |
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Suzanne Desprès as Nina |
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Valéry Inkijinoff as Lee Pang |
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Dorville as Big-Bill |
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André Alerme as Mac Tavish |
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Élina Labourdette as Vera |
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Robert Manuel as Attacked customer |
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Mila Parély as Captain of the girls |
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Suzanne Desprès as Governess Niania |
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Christl Mardayn as Mrs. Blonski / singer Kay Murphy |
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Gabrielle Dorziat as College director |
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Marcel Lupovici as Black Serpent slayer |
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Gaby André as Friend of Véra (uncredited) |
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Valentine Camax as Traveler (uncredited) |
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Janine Darcey as Student of the institution (uncredited) |
| Directing | G.W. Pabst | Director |
| Writing | Herman G. Weinberg | Writer |
| Art | Guy de Gastyne | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges Annenkov | Costume Design |
| Camera | Henri Alekan | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Andrej Andrejew | Production Design |
| Sound | Robert Teisseire | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Curt Courant | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ralph Erwin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Eugen Schüfftan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Léo Lania | Writer |
| Editing | Louisette Hautecœur | Editor |
| Editing | Jean Oser | Editor |
| Writing | Oscar Paul Gilbert | Author |
| Writing | Henri Jeanson | Adaptation |
| Production | Romain Pinès | Producer |
| Writing | Alexandre Arnoux | Writer |