The Shanghai Drama | |
Director: | G. W. Pabst |
Producer: | Romain Pinès Marc Sorkin |
Starring: | Christl Mardayn Louis Jouvet Raymond Rouleau |
Music: | Ralph Erwin |
Cinematography: | Curt Courant Eugen Schüfftan |
Editing: | Louisette Hautecoeur Jean Oser |
Studio: | Lucia Film |
Distributor: | Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
Runtime: | 105 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
The Shanghai Drama (French: '''Le drame de Shanghaï''') is a 1938 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau.[1] [2] An exiled White Russian woman works as a cabaret singer in Shanghai to support her daughter through school. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in Saigon in French Indochina.