---
title: 'The Shanghai Drama (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Georg Wilhelm Pabst'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shanghai-drama-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028809/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Shanghai Drama (1938)

1938 · 105 min · Drama · France

Original title: Le Drame de Shanghaï

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Georg Wilhelm Pabst](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-wilhelm-pabst)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexandre Arnoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-arnoux)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ralph Erwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-erwin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Louis Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-page)
- **Editor:** [Jean Oser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-oser), [Louisette Hautecoeur](https://cinepixo.com/people/louisette-hautecoeur)

## Cast

- [André Alerme](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-alerme)
- [Janine Darcey](https://cinepixo.com/people/janine-darcey)
- [Gaby André](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaby-andre)
- [Suzanne Desprès](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-despres)
- [Jacques Beauvais](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-beauvais)
- [Valéry Inkijinoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/valery-inkijinoff)
- [Martial Rèbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/martial-rebe)
- [Christl Mardayn](https://cinepixo.com/people/christl-mardayn)
- [Ky Duyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ky-duyen)
- [Marcel Lupovici](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-lupovici)
- [Gabrielle Dorziat](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabrielle-dorziat)
- [Dorville](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorville)
- [Mila Parély](https://cinepixo.com/people/mila-parely)
- [Pierre-Louis](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-louis)
- [Raymond Rouleau](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-rouleau)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shanghai-drama-1938
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