The Goddess (1934)
Note: this print runs 73 minutes against a recorded 85 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Ruan Lingyu, Zhang Zhizhi, Lai Hang
Directed by Wu Yonggang
The Goddess (Chinese: 神女) is a 1934 Chinese silent film released by the Lianhua Film Company (United Photoplay). The film tells the story of an unnamed woman, who lives as a streetwalker by night and devoted mother by day in order to get her young son an education amid social injustice in the streets of Shanghai, China. It stars Ruan Lingyu in one of her final roles, and was directed by Wu Yonggang. Lo Ming Yau produced the film and Hong Weilie was the cinematographer.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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