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An Orphan

192976 minChina
DramaAdventure

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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Wikimedia Commons
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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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Zhang Weiwen · Public domain

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DirectorsZhang Huimin

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Virtual Shanghai · CNRSWikipediaChina · Copyright Law, Article 23US Copyright Office · foreign worksInternet Archive · film copy

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