The White-Haired Girl (1950)
1950 · Feature film · 106 min · dir. Shui Hua
- Drama
- musical film
Synopsis
Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Shui Hua
- Composer
- Ma Ke
- Cinematography
- Weiyun Wu
- Studio
- Changchun Film Studio
- Released
- 1951-03-01
- Original title
- 白毛女
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Language
- Chinese
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- China
Cast & crew
Shui Hua Director
Li Baiwan
Tian Hua
Chen Qiang
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · A Classic of Chinese Cinema & look at Maoism Affects in the Arts · bachtobop32 · 2011-10-21
An interesting combination of of traditional Chinese opera with Communist-Marxist political discourse, as well as a compelling (if not somewhat over dramatic)characters. A good study for students of cinema, Chinese history, or socio-political studies.