Collection no. #61385 minSports Queen
Sun Yu
85 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A naturally talented runner enters a women’s sports school in Shanghai. Success attracts attention, admiration and distractions she has never faced…
Decades
1930–1939
244 films in this collection
244 films
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Collection no. #61478 minThe Goddess
Wu Yonggang
78 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A mother in Shanghai works at night to pay for her young son’s future. A violent man takes control of her earnings, while prejudice threatens the…
Collection no. #615103 minThe Great Road
Sun Yu
103 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
Unemployed labourers leave Shanghai to build a road through the countryside. Friendship, jokes and flirtation sustain the crew until sabotage turns…
Collection no. #616100 minThe Little Angel
Wu Yonggang
100 min · Subtitles: English
Huang Min grows up in a poor family that places great hope in his education. While his father is away, his mother, sister and grandfather support him…
Collection no. #61799 minCity Scenes
Yuan Muzhi
99 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A peep-show view of Shanghai opens onto a family caught between modest means and glittering aspirations. Courtship becomes tangled with the promise…
Collection no. #618103 minNew Women
Cai Chusheng
103 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A Shanghai teacher hopes to become a published writer and maintain control of her own life. Sexual pressure, insecure employment and sensational…
Collection no. #619118 minSong at Midnight
Ma-Xu Weibang
118 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A theatre troupe encounters a mysterious voice in an old building. Behind the apparent haunting is a singer whose career and appearance were…
Collection no. #62089 minStreet Angels
Yuan Muzhi
89 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A singer and a young musician find affection among the crowded rooms and precarious jobs of Shanghai. Their neighbours form an improvised community,…
Collection no. #62189 minMulan Joins the Army
Bu Wancang
89 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
When her father is summoned for military service, Mulan takes his place in disguise. Life among the soldiers demands skill, courage and constant care…
Collection no. #62678 minSpring in the South
Cai Chusheng
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese. · No subtitle track in this language
The student Hong Yu and his young neighbour Xiao Hong fall in love and exchange letters with help from their friends. News of his father's serious…