Exil Shanghai (1997)

Directed by

Ulrike Ottinger

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

4h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the stories of six German, Austrian and Ashkenazi Jews who found themselves in exile in Shanghai. Using interviews, photographs, documents and new footage, it shows how their past experiences connect with the city's present-day contradictions.

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