Factual error: Throughout the film, they play one of Strauss' Four Last Songs, which is credited as being "September." The song actually played is "Beim Schlafengehn."
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Directed by: Jim Goddard
Starring: Sean Penn, Richard Griffiths, Madonna, Paul Freeman
Factual error: The film is set in 1937. One of Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs" features throughout; these were not written until 1948.
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