Hai-Tang

Hai-Tang, also known as Le Chemin du déshonneur (The Road to Dishonour) is a 1930 British-German drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and Jean Kemm and starring Anna May Wong, Marcel Vibert and Robert Ancelin. It was made at Elstree Studios.

Multiple-language versions
Like many other films of the early talkie era before dubbing became more widespread, the film was shot in multiple-language versions, each with a different cast. Three versions of the film were made so they could be screened throughout Europe and the colonial world, such as in Mozambique, Australia and South Africa. This was Wong's first sound film billed as the star, and in all three versions she appeared as the female lead.

An English-language version (The Flame of Love/The Road to Dishonour) and a German-language version (Hai-Tang: Der Weg zur Schande) of the film were made with different casts except for Wong, who spoke her part in three different languages. The French-language version was sometimes referred to as L’Amour, maître des choses in French film magazines). Confusingly, all three versions are often referred to simply as Hai-Tang.

Synopsis
In the Russian Empire, a young officer and a powerful Grand Duke both fall in love with a Chinese woman.

Cast

 * Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang
 * Marcel Vibert as Le grand duc
 * Robert Ancelin as Boris Ivanoff
 * Armand Lurville as Le colonel Mouraview
 * Hélène Darly as Yvette
 * François Viguier as Viguier
 * Gaston Dupray as Pierre Baron, le chanteur
 * Claire Roman
 * Mona Goya
 * Gaston Jacquet