Hotel Shanghai (1997)
Based on the sprawling novel by Vicki Baum, this convoluted melodrama follows nine people whose lives converge during the days leading up to the tragic August 14, 1937 "Bloody Sunday" bombing in which a major downtown Shanghai hotel was demolished by the Japanese, an event that launched the Sino-Japanese War. The guests include Helen Russell, an enigmatic Russian noblewoman, her alcoholic British spouse Bobbie and Sir Kingsdale Smith, a royal emissary. Other guests are Hutchinson, a wheelchair-bound travel writer and the gossipy Mme. Tissaud. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Agnieszka Wagner, Annie Girardot, (more)
- Director(s):
- Peter Patzak
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Synopsis of Hotel Shanghai
Based on the sprawling novel by Vicki Baum, this convoluted melodrama follows nine people whose lives converge during the days leading up to the tragic August 14, 1937 "Bloody Sunday" bombing in which a major downtown Shanghai hotel was demolished by the Japanese, an event that launched the Sino-Japanese War. The guests include Helen Russell, an enigmatic Russian noblewoman, her alcoholic British spouse Bobbie and Sir Kingsdale Smith, a royal emissary. Other guests are Hutchinson, a wheelchair-bound travel writer and the gossipy Mme. Tissaud. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Hotel Shanghai
- Agnieszka Wagner - Helen
- James McCaffrey - Frank
- Nicolas Clay - Bobbie
- Micah Taylor West - Ruth
- Annie Girardot - Mme. Tissaud
- Elliott Gould - Hutchinson
- Patrick Ryecart - Sir Kingsdale-Smith
- Nigel Davenport - Butler
- Director(s):
- Peter Patzak
- Writer(s):
- Angel Wagenstein
- Producer(s):
- Manfred Durniok
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