The Shanghai Drama () is a 1938 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet and Raymond Rouleau. 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
Valéry Inkijinoff as Black Dragon Agent
Dorville as Bill, cabaret owner
André Alerme as Mac Tavish
Suzanne Desprès as Vera
Gabrielle Dorziat as Superintendent of school
Marcel Lupovici 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 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.