Alarm in Peking (1937)

Interesting facts

Alarm in Peking is a 1937 German adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Leny Marenbach, and Peter Voß. It is set against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China. German filmmakers had frequently used China as a setting since the 1910s, but from 1931 onwards they made a series of films with political overtones. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann.

Production

The actress Rosa Jung, who was just 29 years old at the end of filming, actually came from Beijing and was the only ethnic Chinese woman in the film. She was living in Berlin-Friedenau at the time. In addition to Chinese, Rosa Jung also spoke German, English and French.She also appeared in Richard Eichberg|'s legendary Indian two-parter The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb in 1938. After that, she disappeared from the public eye.

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