The Shanghai Document (1928)

Release Date: 1928-05-01
Runtime: 0h 51min
Production Company: Sovkino
Production Country: Soviet Union
Director: Yakov Bliokh

The film portrays Shanghai, China in the early 1920s. It shows the contrasts between the world of Western expatriates (including Britons, Americans, New Zealanders, Australians, and Danes) who live in the luxurious Shanghai International Settlement, and that of the Shanghainese inhabitants, who spend their days laboring.