Guerrillas in the Plain (1955)

Original title

平原游击队

Directed by

Su Li, Zhaodi Wu

Genre

war film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a Chinese guerrilla group is surrounded by the Japanese army. The film follows their struggle to fight back and survive.

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What happens

Guerrillas on the Plain (originaltittel: Ping yuan you ji dui) er en kinesisk krigsfilm fra 1955 regissert av Su Li og Wu Zhaodi. Filmen handler om en kinesisk geriljagruppe som under den andre kinesisk-japanske krig blir omringet av den japanske hær. Ledende roller spilles av Guo Zhenqing, Zhang Ying, Fang Hua og Xu Liankai. Filmen har en patriotisk stil. Den ble tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved den første Huabiao Awards i 1957 (delt med flere filmer). Filmen er i sort-hvitt. Den er også kjent under den engelske tittelen The Guerrillas Sweep the Plains. Guerrillas on the Plain ble innspilt på nytt i 1974. Samme år kom også en opera-versjon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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