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Guerrillas in the Plain (1955)

Guerrillas in the Plain poster
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

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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