| The Prisoners of Shanghai | |
| Native Name: | |
| Cinematography: | Hans Karl Gottschalk |
| Studio: | Nero Film |
| Distributor: | Bavaria Film |
| Runtime: | 79 minutes |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | Silent German intertitles |
The Prisoners of Shanghai (German: '''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.[1] [2] 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).
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.