''The Shanghai Drama'' (french: Le drame de Shanghaï) is a 1938 French
drama film
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directed by
G. W. Pabst
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...
and starring
Christl Mardayn
Anna Christina Maria "Christl" Mardayn (8 December 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 24 July 1971) was an Austrian actress/singer.
Life
Anna Christina Maria Mardayn was the daughter of banker Oskar Maria Mardayn and his wife Henriette (née Fu ...
,
Louis Jouvet
Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker.
Early life
Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmacist. He receive ...
and
Raymond Rouleau
Raymond Rouleau (4 June 1904 – 11 December 1981) was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of B ...
.
[Kennedy-Karpat p.132-33] An exiled
White Russian woman works as a
cabaret
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singer in
Shanghai
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to support her daughter through school. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Andrej Andrejew
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*Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman
*An ...
and
Guy de Gastyne
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Selected filmography
* '' Little Lise'' (1930)
* ''Orange Blossom'' (1932)
* '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932)
* ''Abduct M ...
. It was shot at the
Joinville Studios
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A second studio was added to the original ...
in
Paris
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and
on location in
Saigon
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in
French Indochina
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.
Cast
*
Raymond Rouleau
Raymond Rouleau (4 June 1904 – 11 December 1981) was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981. Rouleau studied at the Royal Conservatory of B ...
as Franchon
*
Louis Jouvet
Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker.
Early life
Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmacist. He receive ...
as Ivan
*
Christl Mardayn
Anna Christina Maria "Christl" Mardayn (8 December 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 24 July 1971) was an Austrian actress/singer.
Life
Anna Christina Maria Mardayn was the daughter of banker Oskar Maria Mardayn and his wife Henriette (née Fu ...
as Kay Murphy, cabaret singer
*
Elina Labourdette
Elina Labourdette (1919–2014) was a French film actress
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as Nana, the nurse
*
Valéry Inkijinoff
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as Black Dragon Agent
*
Dorville as Bill, cabaret owner
*
André Alerme
André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor.
Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Selected filmography
* ''Black and Wh ...
as Mac Tavish
*
Suzanne Desprès
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She then became as ...
as Vera
*
Gabrielle Dorziat
Gabrielle Dorziat (1880–1979) was a French stage and film actress. Dorziat was a fashion trend setter in Paris and helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel. The Théâtre Gabrielle-Dorziat in Épernay, France is named for her.
Biography
S ...
as Superintendent of school
*
Marcel Lupovici
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as Assassin for Black Dragon
*
Robert Manuel as Le client attaqué
*
PierreasLouis as Un marin américain
*
LinhasNam as Cheng
*
FounasSen as Wife of Black Dragon Agent
*
Mila Parély
Mila Parély (7 October 1917 – 14 January 2012), born Olga Colette Peszynski, was a French actress of Polish ancestry best known for the roles of Félicie, Belle's eldest sister, in Jean Cocteau's '' La Belle et la Bête'' (1946), and as Gen ...
as Dancing Girl
See also
*''
A Countess from Hong Kong
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'' (1967)
*''
The White Countess
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'' (2005)
References
Bibliography
* Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. ''Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s''. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
External links
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1938 films
1938 drama films
1930s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by G. W. Pabst
Films based on Belgian novels
Films set in Hong Kong
Films set in Shanghai
Films shot at Joinville Studios
Films shot in Vietnam
French drama films
Second Sino-Japanese War films
1930s French films
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