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Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)

Chu-Chin-Chow poster
Directed by
Herbert Wilcox
Genre
silent film, adventure film, romance film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Runtime
2h
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese merchant and his entourage travel to Baghdad where they get involved with a band of thieves. A beautiful slave girl and a young man pursue a romance amid the chaos.

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What happens

Chu-Chin-Chow is a 1923 British-German silent adventure film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Betty Blythe, Herbert Langley, and Randle Ayrton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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