The Film
The Shanghai Document
The Story
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.
Runtime
51 min
Released May 1928
Directed by
Yakov Bliokh
Written byViktor Pertsov
