{{Short description|1930 French-language film}} {{About|the French-language 1930 film starring Anna May Wong|the German-language version|The Road to Dishonour|the English-language version|The Flame of Love}} {{other uses|Haitang (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Hai-Tang | image = | caption = | native_name=Le Chemin du déshonneur | director = Richard Eichberg <br /> Jean Kemm | producer =Richard Eichberg | writer = Monckton Hoffe <br /> Pierre Maudru <br />Ludwig Wolff | narrator = | starring = Anna May Wong <br /> Marcel Vibert <br /> Robert Ancelin | music = Hans May | cinematography = Heinrich Gärtner <br /> Bruno Mondi | editing = | studio = Richard Eichberg-Film <br /> British International Pictures <br /> Les Établissements Jacques Haïk | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1930|09|}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Germany <br /> United Kingdom | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Hai-Tang''''', also known as '''{{lang|fr|Le Chemin du déshonneur}}''' (''The Road to Dishonour''), is a 1930 British-German drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and Jean Kemm, starring Anna May Wong, Marcel Vibert and Robert Ancelin.<ref>St. Pierre p.83</ref> It was shot at Elstree Studios.
==Multiple-language versions== Like many other films of the early talkie era before dubbing became more widespread, the film was shot in multiple-language versions, each with a different cast. Three versions of the film were made so they could be screened throughout Europe and the colonial world, such as in Mozambique, Australia and South Africa.{{sfn|Lim|2019|p=34}} This was Wong's first sound film billed as the star,{{sfn|Hodges|2004|page=88}}{{sfn|Lim|2019|p=83}}{{refn|group=Note|Wong acted in one of several vignettes in the earlier 1930 musical film review ''Elstree Calling''.}} and in all three versions she appeared as the female lead.
An English-language version (''The Flame of Love/The Road to Dishonour'') and a German-language version (''Hai-Tang: Der Weg zur Schande'') of the film were made with different casts{{refn|group=Note|Ley On played Hai-Tang's brother Wang-Hu in all three versions. Mona Goya played the role of Yvette in the French and English-language versions.}} except for Wong, who spoke her part in three different languages. The French-language version was sometimes referred to as ''L’Amour, maître des choses'' in French film magazines).{{sfn|Lim|2019|p=107}} Confusingly, all three versions are often referred to simply as ''Hai-Tang''.{{sfn|Chan|2003|p=217}}
==Synopsis== In the Russian Empire, a young officer and a powerful Grand Duke both fall in love with a Chinese woman.{{Expand section|date=July 2023}}
==Cast== * Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang * Marcel Vibert as Le grand duc * Robert Ancelin as Boris Ivanoff * Armand Lurville as Le colonel Mouraview * Hélène Darly as Yvette * François Viguier as Viguier * Gaston Dupray as Pierre Baron, le chanteur * Claire Roman * Mona Goya * Gaston Jacquet
==Notes== {{notelist}} {{Reflist|group=Note}}
==References== <references/>
==Sources== * {{cite book|last=Chan |first=Anthony B. |title=Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong (1905–1961) |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-8108-4789-2}} * {{cite book |last1=Hodges |first1=Graham Russell Gao |author-link=Graham Russell Gao Hodges |title=Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend |date=2004 |publisher=Chicago Review Press Incorporated |location=Chicago |isbn=978-1-64160-883-1 |edition=3rd}} * {{cite book |last1=Lim |first1=Shirley Jennifer |title=Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern |date=2019 |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-1-4399-1834-0}} * {{cite book |last1=St. Pierre |first1=Paul Matthew |title=E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn |date=2010 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=978-1611474336}}
==See also== *Anna May Wong on film and television
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0020944|The Flame of Love/The Road to Dishonour }} * {{IMDb title|0202678|German version: Der Weg zur Schande}} * {{IMDb title|0202385|French version: Le Chemin du déshonneur}}
{{Richard Eichberg}} {{Jean Kemm}}
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