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Exile Shanghai (1997) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1997 · 275 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Ulrike Ottinger
- Starring
- Georges Spunt, Theodore Alexander, Gertrude Alexander, Rena Krasno, lnna Mink, Geoffrey Heller
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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