Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm (1935)

Original title

風雲兒女

Directed by

Xu Xingzhi

Genre

drama film

Country

Republic of China

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An intellectual leaves Shanghai to follow a glamorous woman. After his friend dies, he joins the Chinese resistance.

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What happens

Children of Troubled Times, also known as Fēngyún Érnǚ, Scenes of City Life, Sons and Daughters of the Storm, Storm Sons and Daughters, Children of the Storm, and several other translations, is a patriotic 1935 Chinese film most famous as the origin of "The March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. The movie was directed by Xu Xingzhi and written by Tian Han and Xia Yan. Yuan Muzhi plays an intellectual who flees the trouble in Shanghai to pursue the glamorous Wang Renmei only to join the Chinese resistance after the death of his friend. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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