TMDb6.6 / 10

The Shanghai Drama (1938)

Name: The Shanghai Drama
Director: G.W. Pabst
Genre: Drama
Released: 1938-09-23
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau, Suzanne Desprès, Valéry Inkijinoff, Dorville

95 min · France · Dir. G.W. Pabst

Drama 1938 movies

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...