Confucius (1940)

Original title

孔夫子

Directed by

Fei Mu

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the later years of Confucius as he travels through war-torn China. He tries to teach his philosophy to various warlords and kings, but his efforts are ultimately futile.

slow-burnmelancholicserioushistoricalcontemplativestatelyreflective

What happens

Confucius (Chinese: 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ) is a 1940 Chinese film directed by Fei Mu. Produced during World War II, the film was released twice in the 1940s before being thought lost. In 2001, the film was rediscovered when an anonymous donor sent a damaged copy of the print to the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA). The HKFA then spent seven years restoring the print, which was finally screened to modern audiences at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2009. The film depicts Confucius's later life, as he traveled across a China divided by war and strife in an ultimately futile effort to teach various warlords and kings his particular philosophy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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