A fourteen year old lad discovers his first love at the point of his pencil whilst drawing the portrait of a sickly but coquettish fifteen year old girl. In the neighbourhood an old freedom-fighter pits himself against bad types, a pretty cinema-ticket girl takes to the streets at night and a young anarchist dedicates himself to telling tall stories. Far away, in Shanghai, a hero of the Republic meets a beautiful femme fatal with oriental eyes. Reality and fiction become fused in an embrace.
Unfortunately the movie The Shanghai Spell is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Fernando Trueba | Director |
| Art | Salvador Parra | Art Direction |
| Production | Cristina Huete | Producer |
| Art | Pilar Revuelta | Set Decoration |
| Production | Pep Armengol | Casting |
| Sound | Antoine Duhamel | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Carmen Frías | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lala Huete | Costume Design |
| Writing | Juan Marsé | Novel |
| Production | Andrés Vicente Gómez | Producer |
| Camera | José Luis López-Linares | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Fernando Trueba | Screenplay |