Hotel Shanghai

Genres

Drama

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German two-part miniseries about the westerns staying at a popular hotel in Shanghai as the Japanese invasion of China also known as the Second Sino-Japanese War begins in 1937 as a precursor to WWII.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

180 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

26 July 1997

Country

China

Cast

Agnieszka Wagner

Helen Russell

Nicholas Clay

Bobby

James McCaffrey

Frank Taylor

Dieter Laser

Robert Giggenbach

Nigel Davenport

Butler

Elliott Gould

Hutchinson

Annie Girardot

Mme. Tissaud

Patrick Ryecart

Sir Kingsdale-Smith

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