Death Over Shanghai (1932)
- Original title
- Tod über Shanghai
- Directed by
- Rolf Randolf
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 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 German thriller from 1932 set in Shanghai. A plot involves danger and intrigue. The Chinese government objected to the film for ridiculing China.
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What happens
Death Over Shanghai (German: Tod über Shanghai) is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gerda Maurus, Else Elster and Theodor Loos. The Chinese Ministry of Education requested that the German government have the film destroyed because they had received reports that it "ridiculed China and the Chinese people". The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter. Location filming took place on the Halligen of the North Sea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The House of Dora Green (1933)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.