Movie: The Port of Last Resort

Top 2 Billed Cast

Barbara Sukowa
Barbara Sukowa

Annie Witting (voice)

Otto Tausig
Otto Tausig

Adolf Stopfer (voice)

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    Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.

  • Release Date

    1998-01-01

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    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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