The Shanghai Document

51m
Documentary
6

The film portrays Shanghai, China in the early 1920s. It shows the contrasts between the world of Western expatriates (including Britons, Americans, New Zealanders, Australians, and Danes) who live in the luxurious Shanghai International Settlement, and that of the Shanghainese inhabitants, who spend their days laboring.

Cast

Crew

Yakov Bliokh
Director
Viktor Pertsov
Writer
Lev Felonov
Editor
Vladimir Stepanov
Director of Photography

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