Night in the City (1933)

Original title

城市之夜

Directed by

Fei Mu

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Republic of China

Runtime

1h 05m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent drama follows working class people living in Shanghai. Their lives are disrupted by urban development and financial hardship.

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What happens

Night in the City (Chinese: 城市之夜; pinyin: Chéngshì zhī yè) (also known as City Nights) was a 1933 Chinese silent film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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