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Lost Love (1949)

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How it feels

This Chinese film from 1949 tells a love story between a man and a woman. It was the last movie released in China before the founding of the People's Republic.

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What happens

《失去的爱情》是一部由汤晓丹执导,金焰和秦怡主演,1949年公映的的华语电影。该片是中华人民共和国成立前中国公映的最后一部电影,也是金焰和秦怡唯一的一部合作影片。中华人民共和国成立后,一些思想偏颇的导演清理片库时,认为该片与当时的大环境不适宜,而将该片母带和国泰电影公司的其它母带一起烧毁,使该片失传。不过1997年,秦怡出访马来西亚时,当地一位影迷拷贝收集了她出演的所有电影,其中包括该部失传的影片。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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