The Shanghai Document (1928)
Шанхайский документ
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.
- Date of release
- 1928-05-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 51m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Yakov Bliokh
Interesting facts
The Shanghai Document is an early documentary film. This silent film was directed by Yakov Bliokh and was released in the USSR in 1928.
Production
The detailed history of the actual production process is somewhat lost. It is very likely that Bliokh was never part of the crew that traveled to Shanghai in 1927, which was led by the film's camera operator and co-scenarist V. Stepanov.
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