Death Over Shanghai (German: Tod über Shanghai) is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gerda Maurus, Else Elster and Theodor Loos. The Chinese Ministry of Education requested[when?] that the German government have the film destroyed because they had received reports that it "ridiculed China and the Chinese people".[1]
| Death Over Shanghai | |
|---|---|
 Gerda Maurus | |
| Directed by | Rolf Randolf |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Walter Hoffmann |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Willy Hameister |
| Edited by | Hildegard Grebner |
| Music by | Leo Leux |
Production company | Ultra Film |
| Distributed by | Siegel-Monopolfilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter. Location filming took place on the Halligen of the North Sea.
Cast edit
- Gerda Maurus as Praxa, Besitzerin des Teehauses zur 'Mohnblüte'
- Else Elster as Maud - Gouverneurs Tochter
- Theodor Loos as James Biggers
- Peter Voß as John Baxter
- Max Ralph-Ostermann as Gouverneur Harris
- Robert Eckert as Mac Hover amerik. Marine-Attaché
- Ernst Pröckl as William - Biggers Sekretär
- Georg John as Lutsin - Praxas Diener
- Mammey Terja-Basa as Baxters Gehilfe
- Aruth Wartan as Corner
- Otto Kronburger as Kommandant der 'Washington'
- Fritz Alberti as Dr. Brown, Polizeichef
- Egon Kaiser as Kapellmeister & sein Orchester
References edit
- ^ Lu p. 41–42
Bibliography edit
- Lu, Sheldon Hsiao-Peng (1997). Transnational Chinese Cinemas: Identity, Nationhood, Gender. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1845-6. - Read online, registration required
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