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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 642

An Orphan

192976 minChina

Drama Adventure

Synopsis

A young woman in difficult circumstances searches for a way out of isolation and danger. Her ordeal leads to rescue attempts and pursuit, while the people around her reveal their loyalties in a crisis. This Shanghai silent film combines a domestic story of a trapped woman with physical action and daring rescues, retaining the direct expressiveness of early genre cinema.

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Video edition: YouTube
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
This copy runs: 75:41
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese. No subtitle track in this language.

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Cast

Wu Suxin

Han Langen

Zhang Huimin

DirectorsZhang Huimin

Behind the scenes

Zhang Huimin directs and appears alongside Wu Suxin and Han Langen. The surviving copy varies in visual clarity, and intertitles remain important in explaining the plot. It offers a record of performance and action staging in Shanghai silent cinema of the late 1920s.

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

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