The Chinese Shoes

10/27/2004

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1hr 44min

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Documentary

STORY

Tamara Wyss retraces her grandparents’ 100-year-old German Empire expedition up the Yangtze through the Three Gorges just before the dam’s completion. Guided by their photos, letters, and recordings, she witnesses disappearing traditions amid China’s breakneck modernization.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tamara Wyss
  • Timmo Niesner
  • Franziska Schubert
  • Martina Treger

    Director

  • Tamara Wyss

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion
  • RBB
  • NDR
  • SWR
  • ARTE

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • Cantonese
  • English
  • German