The Man Who Changed Shanghai

Three siblings Martin 87 from Monaco Theo 85 from Canada and Alessa 82 from the USA narrate the fascinating truelife story of their father LE Hudec 18931958 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 inspired documentary not only explores the many exciting details of the life of LE Hudec father of Asian highrises but also serves as an authentic testimony of life of Europeans in Colonial Shanghai before The Peoples Republic of China was formed It presents the neverbeforeseen 16mm homemovies that were shot between 19271938 by Ladislav Hudec himself