Shanghai Express (1932)
- Directed by
- Josef von Sternberg
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 240 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of train passengers are taken hostage by a warlord in China. Among them are a beautiful courtesan and a British military doctor who were once lovers.
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What happens
Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg and stars Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman based on a 1931 short story by Harry Hervey. Shanghai Express was the fourth of seven films that Sternberg and Dietrich created together. The film was released during the midst of the Great Depression. It was remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943) and Peking Express (1951). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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