Exile Shanghai

Year: 1997

Runtime: 275 mins

Language: German

Director: Ulrike Ottinger

Documentary

The film weaves together six personal histories of German, Austrian and Russian Jews who found refuge in Shanghai. Using testimonies, photographs, archival documents and contemporary footage of the bustling, paradoxical Far‑East megacity, it creates a portrait where a historic exile resonates with present‑day relevance and appeal.

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