The Prisoners of Shanghai

The Prisoners of Shanghai (Die Gefangene von Shanghai) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Jack Trevor, and Bernhard Goetzke. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. It focuses on similar themes to the subsequent Hollywood films Shanghai Express (1932) and The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933).

Synopsis
Mary, the wife of a British consul Ralph Sinclair, is detained by Chinese General Hai Lung. He offers to spare her husband from execution if she will become his lover.

Cast

 * Carmen Boni as Maria
 * Jack Trevor as Ralph Sinclair, English consul
 * Bernhard Goetzke as General Hai Lung
 * Kurt Vespermann as Teddy Knickerbocker, reporter
 * Agnes Petersen-Mozzuchinowa as Chinese Li
 * Nien Soen Ling as General's adjutant