Exile Shanghai
1997, German. Directed by Ulrike Ottinger.
Six life stories of German, Austrian and Ashkenazi Jews which intersect in exile in Shanghai. Out of narratives, photographs, documents and new images of the biggest and most contradictory metropolis of the Far East an entity develops in which the historic exile takes and turns on a completely current power and appeal.
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- 4h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Exile Shanghai is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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- Released
- 10 September 1997
- Original title
- Exil Shanghai
- Country
- Germany
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Exile Shanghai runs 275 minutes (4h 35m).
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Who directed Exile Shanghai?
Exile Shanghai (1997) was directed by Ulrike Ottinger and stars Rena Krasno, Theodore Alexander, Gertrude Alexander.