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The Shanghai Drama (1938)
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...
Genres:
Drama
Keywords: tmdb.kidnapping,
tmdb.shanghai-china,
tmdb.labor-union,
tmdb.second-sino-japanese-war-1937-45,
imdb.shanghai,
imdb.criminal-organization,
imdb.nightclub + 46 more,
imdb.boarding-school,
imdb.death,
imdb.people-s-movement,
imdb.archive-footage,
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imdb.lethal-injection,
imdb.journalist,
imdb.mother-daughter-reunion,
imdb.narrow-escape,
imdb.brawl,
imdb.navy-seal,
imdb.nude-photograph,
imdb.murder,
imdb.assassination,
imdb.sino-japanese-war,
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imdb.political-speech,
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imdb.living-in-exile,
imdb.exile,
imdb.russian-woman,
imdb.china,
imdb.cabaret,
imdb.music-hall,
imdb.singer,
imdb.stage-show,
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imdb.stage-act,
imdb.forced-smile,
imdb.criminal-gang,
imdb.secret-organization,
imdb.sexual-harassment,
imdb.city-name-in-title,
imdb.british-colonial,
imdb.1930s,
imdb.place-name-in-title,
imdb.based-on-novel
Production companies: Teorema,
Lucia Film
Runtime: 95 min.
Released: Sept. 23, 1938
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+
