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The Man Who Changed Shanghai under Espresso TV

The Man Who Changed Shanghai | Ladislav Kabos | Slovakia | 2010
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Slovak documentary film The Man Who Changed Shanghai by Ladislav Kaboš became one of the latest acquisitions of British sales company Espresso TV. This documentary film revealing the life and art of Ladislav Hudec - Slovak architect whose buildings from the 1930s gave Shanghai it’s modern look, was acquired at East Silver Market 2010. The film was also presented as part of East Silver selection at IDFA 2010.

For more information about The Man Who Changed Shanghai and Espresso TV, please visit the official website.

The Man who Changed Shanghai

Director: Kaboš Ladislav
Producer: Kaboš Ladislav
Production company: Media Film, Slovenská televízia - Slovak Television

Zmenil tvár Šanghaja, Slovak Republic, 2010, 68 min, 35 mm, HD, Arts and Culture, Portrait

Three siblings, Martin (87) from Monaco, Theo (85) from Canada and Alessa (82) from the USA narrate the fascinating true-life story of their father L.E. Hudec (1893-1958), a famous architect in Shanghai. For the first time Alessa visits Slovakia the birthplace of her father. Together with her brother Theo, they decide to visit China after 63 years - the country of their childhood and youth. This inspiring documentary not only explores the many exciting details of the life of L.E. Hudec, father of Asian high-rises, but also serves as an authentic testimony of life of Europeans in Colonial Shanghai before The People’s Republic of China was formed. It presents the never-before-seen 16mm home-movies that were shot between 1927-1938 by Ladislav Hudec himself.

East Silver 2010 / East Silver Caravan 2010

 

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