Shanghai 1937

Shanghai 1937
Based on	Hotel Shanghai by Vicki Baum
Written by	Angel Wagenstein
Directed by	Peter Patzak
Starring	Agnieszka Wagner
Country of origin	Germany China
Original languages	German English
Production
Producer	Manfred Durniok
Running time	180 minutes
Original release
Release	30 March (1997-03-30) – 31 March 1997 (1997-03-31)

Shanghai 1937 (also released as Hotel Shanghai) is a 1997 German two-part miniseries directed by Peter Patzak for German Television. It was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival.

Cast

• Agnieszka Wagner as Helen Russell
• Nicholas Clay as Bobby
• James McCaffrey as Frank Taylor
• Zhang Min
• Dieter Laser
• Robert Giggenbach
• Nigel Davenport as Butler
• Elliott Gould as Hutchinson
• Annie Girardot as Mme. Tissaud
• Patrick Ryecart as Sir Kingsdale-Smith

Reception

In a positive review for The Hollywood Reporter, Duane Byrge wrote, "Director Peter Patzak has fashioned a roiling entertainment, nicely transposing this sprawling story to a tight, filmic dimension. Technically, it's marvelous with its teeming visuals and captivating marches through old Shanghai. Highest praise to cinematographer Martin Stingl for the panoramic scopings, and particular praise to art director Qin Baisong for evoking the passions and terrors of the times."

In a negative review for Variety, Angela Baldassarre wrote, "Considering the large number of subplots, there is little room in Hotel Shanghai for character development; none of the personalities gets beyond mere introduction. The performances, thus, come across as incomplete and mediocre."

Further reading

• Holloway, Ronald (February 1997). "Hotel Shanghai". Kino. No. 62. p. 6. ISSN 0948-2547. EBSCOhost BFLI990609660255545.

External links

• Shanghai 1937 at IMDb