The Prisoners of Shanghai

The Prisoners of Shanghai
The Prisoners of Shanghai
	German film poster
German	Die Gefangene von Shanghai
Directed by	Géza von Bolváry; Augusto Genina;
Written by	Curt J. Braun; Gennaro Righelli; Werner Scheff;
Produced by	Georg C. Horetsky; Seymour Nebenzal;
Starring	Carmen Boni; Jack Trevor; Bernhard Goetzke;
Cinematography	Hans Karl Gottschalk
Production; company	Nero Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	22 September 1927;
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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[1] Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.

[2] Trumpbour p.144

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