Movies: Mei Lanfang

The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fame came from the portrayal of women. His fascinating life was the basis for the feature film Farewell My Concubine....

This film depicting the lives of ordinary people — street peddlers, poor scholars, and young revolutionaries — reflects the culturally progressive political climate of that pre-War, post-May the 4th era....

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Bai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae Le De is also appointed to a post at the same place. Hu Lun Ting falls in love with Luo Hua, daughte...

The story of two people who were forced to marry each without sincere feelings, resulting in a story of life and death....

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Taking place during the period of the Three Kingdoms, 220 A.D., a story about the relationship between the emperor Cao Pi, his first wife Zhen, and his brother Cao Zhi. Zhen falls for Cao Zhi, and upon discovering this disloyalty, Cao Pi orders the e...

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"A Dream in the Garden" is a scene from "The Peony Pavilion" by Tang Xianzu, a playwright of the Ming Dynasty. Du Liniang was deeply bound by feudal ethics. One day, she went to the back garden with her maid Chunxiang to enjoy the spring without tell...

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In the autumn of 1924, Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, at the invitation of Minxin Film Company (one of China's earliest film studios), filmed excerpts from his iconic opera repertoire in Beijing....

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