Alarm in Peking

Alarm in Peking
Alarm in Peking
Directed by	Herbert Selpin
Written by	Herbert Selpin; Walter Zerlett-Olfenius;
Produced by	Eduard Kubat
Starring	Gustav Fröhlich; Leny Marenbach; Peter Voß;
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Lena Neumann
Music by	Werner Bochmann
Production; company	Minerva-Tonfilm
Distributed by	Terra Film; Tobis-Sascha Film (Austria);
Release date	19 August 1937;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Alarm in Peking is a 1937 German adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Leny Marenbach, and Peter Voß. It is set against the backdrop of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China. German filmmakers had frequently used China as a setting since the 1910s, but from 1931 onwards they made a series of films with political overtones.^[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann.

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Chiang Kai-shek spoke to Werner von Blomberg about his criticism of the film as it depicted the Europeans in a positive light in contrast to the Chinese. Joseph Goebbels wanted to ban the film, but Adolf Hitler declined to do so.^[2]

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