TECHNICAL DATA
Original Title Zmenil tvár Šanghaja
English Title The Man Who Changed Shanghai
Genre Documentary
Original Language English
Subtitles Slovak, Chinese
Running Time 68 minutes (35 mm) / or 52 minutes
Format HDCAM , 35 mm colour
Screen Ratio 16:9 (HDCAM) , 1:1,85 (35 mm)
Sound Dolby SR
Domestic release September 3, 2010, Shanghai
SYNOPSIS
Three siblings, Martin (87) from Monaco, Theo (85) from Canada and Alessa (82) from 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 documentary not only explores 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 and Americans in Colonial Shanghai. It presents the never-before-seen 16 mm home-movies that were shot between 1927 – 1938 by Ladislav HUDEC himself.
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CREDITS
Written and Directed by
LADISLAV KABOŠ
Director of Photography
MICHAEL KABOŠ
DODO ŠIMONČIČ
Editor
DARINA SMRŽOVÁ
Commentary narrated by
TODD KRAMER
Sound
ŠTEFAN BAROŠ
RICHARD MÜLLER
Music
POP SONGS OF SHANGHAI 1931-1949
ARCADIA MUSIC LIBRARY
FENG YÜN SONG
Executive Producer
ZUZANA BIELIKOVÁ
Co-executive Producer
IVANA ZLATŇANSKÁ
Co-producer of the SLOVAK TELEVISION
DAGMAR MALINOVSKÁ
Producers of the MEDIA FILM
LADISLAV KABOŠ
SVATAVA MARIA KABOŠOVÁ
Archival footage and still photography courtesy of
FAMILY ARCHIV OF ALESSA,
THEO AND MARTIN HUDEC
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, CANADA
MALITA FILM, BERLIN
SHANGHAI TELEVISION - SHANGHAI MEDIA GROUP
SHANGHAI URBAN CONSTRUCTION ARCHIVES
SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
SLOVAK TELEVISION
Special Thanks
ALESSA DE WET
THEO HUDEC
MARTIN HUDEC
THE EMBASSY OF PEOPLE´S REPUBLIC OF CHINA,
SHANGHAI PEOPLE ASSOCIATION
FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES,
SHANGHAI
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, CANADA
CHRIS PETTER
SHANGHAI URBAN CONSTRUCTION ARCHIVES
CONSUL OF GENERAL OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC IN SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI TELEVISION
PARK HOTEL, SHANGHAI
HOTEL DAHUA, SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCIAL CENTRUM
THE ORIENTAL PEARL TOWER, SHANGHAI
CATHOLIC PARISH OFFICE, VYHNE, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
THE CITY OF BANSKÁ BYSTRICA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Thanks
JAN BENDA
HENRIETA HATALOVÁ
ŠTEFAN ŠLACHTA
Financial support provided by
THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Film was produced by MEDIA FILM
in coproduction with SLOVAK TELEVISION
MEDIA FILM s.r.o.
SlovakTelevision
©2010
