

57 minutes
9/14/1983
History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact of the Cultural Revolution; the work of Xie Jin.

Tony Rayns
as Narrator / Himself

Sun Yu
as Himself

Shen Fu
as Himself

Huang Shaofen
as Himself

Ruifang Zhang
as Herself

Daolin Sun
as Himself
Junxiang Zhang
as Himself

Shu Shi
as Himself

Da Shichang
as Himself

Wu Haiyan
as Herself

Xie Jin
as Himself
Sangchu Xu
as Himself
Wang Lingu
as Himself

Zhao Jing
as Herself

Xue Gong
as Herself