Film

The Chinese Shoes

8.020041h 44mDocumentary

Director: Tamara Wyss
Year: 2004

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.

Top cast

Tamara Wyss

Self

Timmo Niesner

Narrator (voice)

Franziska Schubert

Narrator (voice)

Martina Treger

Narrator (voice)

Directed by

Tamara Wyss

Written by

Tamara Wyss

Produced by

Jörg Rothe, Alexander Ris