The Prisoners of Shanghai
1927 film
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| German | Die Gefangene von Shanghai |
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| Cinematography | Hans Karl Gottschalk |
Production company | Nero Film |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Prisoners of Shanghai (German: Die Gefangene von Shanghai) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Jack Trevor, and Bernhard Goetzke.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. It focuses on similar themes to the subsequent Hollywood films Shanghai Express (1932) and The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933).
Synopsis
Mary, the wife of a British consul Ralph Sinclair, is detained by Chinese General Hai Lung. He offers to spare her husband from execution if she will become his lover.
Cast
- Carmen Boni as Maria
- Jack Trevor as Ralph Sinclair, English consul
- Bernhard Goetzke as General Hai Lung
- Kurt Vespermann as Teddy Knickerbocker, reporter
- Agnes Petersen-Mozzuchinowa as Chinese Li
- Nien Soen Ling as General's adjutant
References
- ^ Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
- ^ Trumpbour p.144
Bibliography
- Trumpbour, John. Selling Hollywood to the World: US and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920-1950. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
External links
- The Prisoners of Shanghai at IMDb
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Films directed by Géza von Bolváry
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- Girls You Don't Marry (1924)
- Reluctant Imposter (1925)
- The Royal Grenadiers (1925)
- Women Who Fall by the Wayside (1925)
- The Love of the Bajadere (1925)
- The Princess of the Riviera (1926)
- The Heart of a German Mother (1926)
- Fräulein Mama (1926)
- The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)
- Ghost Train (1927)
- Artists (1928)
- Number 17 (1928)
- The Gallant Hussar (1928)
- Bright Eyes (1929)
- The Vagabond Queen (1929)
- The Wrecker (1929)
- My Daughter's Tutor (1929)
- Father and Son (1929)
- Delicatessen (1930)
- Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930)
- A Tango for You (1930)
- A Gentleman for Hire (1930)
- The Song Is Ended (1930)
- The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
- The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
- I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932)
- A Man with Heart (1932)
- What Women Dream (1933)
- The Castle in the South (1933)
- Dream Castle (1933)
- Romance in Budapest (1933)
- Scandal in Budapest (1933)
- Farewell Waltz (1934)
- Song of Farewell (1934)
- Spring Parade (1934)
- Stradivari (1935)
- Stradivarius (1935)
- Winter Night's Dream (1935)
- The Castle in Flanders (1936)
- Girls' Dormitory (1936)
- Harvest (1936)
- Lumpaci the Vagabond (1936)
- Premiere (1937)
- The Irresistible Man (1937)
- The Charm of La Boheme (1937)
- Mirror of Life (1938)
- Maria Ilona (1939)
- Between River and Steppe (1939)
- Flower of the Tisza (1939)
- Opera Ball (1939)
- Vienna Tales (1940)
- Roses in Tyrol (1940)
- Destiny (1942)
- A Man with Principles? (1943)
- Schrammeln (1944)
- Die Fledermaus (1946)
- Who Is This That I Love? (1950)
- Wedding Night in Paradise (1950)
- Dark Eyes (1951)
- My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952)
- Fritz and Friederike (1952)
- Once I Will Return (1953)
- The Daughter of the Regiment (1953)
- My Leopold (1955)
- Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol (1955)
- Black Forest Melody (1956)
- Two Hearts in May (1957)
- It Happened Only Once (1958)
- A Song Goes Round the World (1958)
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