Death Over Shanghai

Death Over Shanghai (German: Tod über Shanghai) is a 1932 German thriller film directed by Rolf Randolf and starring Gerda Maurus, Else Elster and Theodor Loos. The Chinese Ministry of Education requested^[when?] that the German government have the film destroyed because they had received reports that it "ridiculed China and the Chinese people".^[1]

Death Over Shanghai
Gerda Maurus
Directed by	Rolf Randolf
Written by	Hans Vietzke Max Wallner
Produced by	Walter Hoffmann
Starring	Gerda Maurus Else Elster Theodor Loos
Cinematography	Willy Hameister
Edited by	Hildegard Grebner
Music by	Leo Leux
Production company	Ultra Film
Distributed by	Siegel-Monopolfilm
Release date	28 October 1932 (1932-10-28)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter. Location filming took place on the Halligen of the North Sea.

Cast

• Gerda Maurus as Praxa, Besitzerin des Teehauses zur 'Mohnblüte'
• Else Elster as Maud - Gouverneurs Tochter
• Theodor Loos as James Biggers
• Peter Voß as John Baxter
• Max Ralph-Ostermann as Gouverneur Harris
• Robert Eckert as Mac Hover amerik. Marine-Attaché
• Ernst Pröckl as William - Biggers Sekretär
• Georg John as Lutsin - Praxas Diener
• Mammey Terja-Basa as Baxters Gehilfe
• Aruth Wartan as Corner
• Otto Kronburger as Kommandant der 'Washington'
• Fritz Alberti as Dr. Brown, Polizeichef
• Egon Kaiser as Kapellmeister & sein Orchester