Lonely Orchid (1926)

Directed by

Zhang Shichuan

Genre

melodrama

Country

Republic of China

How it feels

A married couple is separated when the husband gets involved with another woman. The first wife disguises herself and eventually reunites with him.

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What happens

Lonely Orchid (traditional Chinese: 空谷蘭; simplified Chinese: 空谷兰; pinyin: Kōnggǔ lán), also known as Orchid in the Valley, is a 1926 silent family drama film directed by Zhang Shichuan for the Mingxing Film Company. Adapted from a British novel via several intermediary translations, it follows a married couple who are separated after the husband falls for a seductress, but reunite when his disguised first wife returns. The film changed several settings and plot elements to better suit Chinese audiences, and was a commercial success upon release. Now lost, Lonely Orchid was remade by Mingxing in 1935. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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