---
title: 'The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Géza von Bolváry'
released: '1927-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-prisoners-of-shanghai-1927'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017922/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)

1927 · Drama · Germany


## Synopsis

The Prisoners of Shanghai is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Jack Trevor, and Bernhard Goetzke. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. It focuses on similar themes to the subsequent Hollywood films Shanghai Express (1932) and The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Géza von Bolváry](https://cinepixo.com/people/geza-von-bolvary), [Augusto Genina](https://cinepixo.com/people/augusto-genina)
- **Screenplay:** [Curt Johannes Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-johannes-braun)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner)
- **Producer:** [Seymour Nebenzal](https://cinepixo.com/people/seymour-nebenzal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Karl Gottschalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-karl-gottschalk)

## Cast

- [Jack Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-trevor)
- [Kurt Vespermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-vespermann)
- [Carmen Boni](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-boni)
- [Bernhard Goetzke](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-goetzke)

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