The Shanghai Drama
Original title: Le Drame de Shanghaï
6.6(8)19381h 35mFR
Directed by G.W. Pabst
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...
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shanghai, chinakidnappingsecond sino-japanese war (1937-45)labor union
