Shanghai Express

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drama film film romantic drama film

Shanghai Express is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, best known for its atmospheric cinematography and starring performances by Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong.

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Shanghai Express canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Hans Dreier ⓘ
Travis Banton ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Lee Garmes ⓘ
basedOn Sky Over China ⓘ
short story by Harry Hervey ⓘ
cinematographyBy Lee Garmes ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Travis Banton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Josef von Sternberg ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Frank Tuttle ⓘ
featuredInFilmographyOf Josef von Sternberg ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasIMDbId tt0023458 ⓘ
leadCharacter Hui Fei ⓘ
Shanghai Lily ⓘ
MPAARating pre-Code ⓘ
musicBy Ralph Rainger ⓘ
W. Franke Harling ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor Anna May Wong performance ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich performance ⓘ
atmospheric cinematography ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
portrays interracial tensions in China ⓘ
themes of sacrifice and redemption ⓘ
producer Adolph Zukor ⓘ
Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1932-02-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1932 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 82 ⓘ
screenwriter Jules Furthman ⓘ
setInPeriod Chinese Civil War era ⓘ
setting train between Beijing and Shanghai ⓘ
starring Anna May Wong ⓘ
Clive Brook ⓘ
Eugene Pallette ⓘ
Lawrence Grant ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich ⓘ
Warner Oland ⓘ

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Anna May Wong → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Anna May Wong → starredIn → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Jules Furthman → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Chinese American cinema → notableFilm → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Wong Liu Tsong → appearedIn → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Anna → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ
subject surface form: Anna May Wong
Lee Garmes → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Lee Garmes → awardReceivedFor → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Lee Garmes → workedOn → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Travis Banton → designedForFilm → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Josef von Sternberg → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Josef von Sternberg → directed → Shanghai Express ⓘ
Furthman → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ
subject surface form: Jules Furthman
Hans Dreier → notableWork → Shanghai Express ⓘ