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'The Shanghai Drama' is a 1938 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau.Kennedy-Karpat p.132-33 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.

Cast



* Raymond Rouleau as Franchon

* Louis Jouvet as Ivan

* Christl Mardayn as Kay Murphy, cabaret singer

* Elina Labourdette as Nana, the nurse

* Valry Inkijinoff as Black Dragon Agent

* Dorville as Bill, cabaret owner

* Andr Alerme as Mac Tavish

* Suzanne Desprs as Vera

* Gabrielle Dorziat as Superintendent of school

* Marcel Lupovici as Assassin for Black Dragon

* Robert Manuel as Le client attaqu

* PierreasLouis as Un marin amricain

* LinhasNam as Cheng

* FounasSen as Wife of Black Dragon Agent

* Mila Parly as Dancing Girl

See also



*'A Countess from Hong Kong' (1967)

*'The White Countess' (2005)

References



Bibliography



* Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. 'Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s'. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.


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