Hai-Tang


Hai-Tang, also known as Le Chemin du déshonneur 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 and a German-language version. 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