Sparkling Red Star (1974)

Original title

闪闪的红星

Directed by

Ang Li, Li Jun

Cast

Chen Xing Xu, Ouyang Zhuangwen, Li Qing Tian, Zhao Xin Cun, Nige Mutu, Feng En He, Wang Xiao Qing, Zhang Man Yang

Genre

propaganda film, children's film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 44m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy joins the Chinese Communist revolution during the 1930s. He helps the Red Army fight against local enemies while growing up in a war-torn countryside.

patrioticinspirationalheroicinnocentmusicalmelodramaticdidacticsentimental

What happens

Sparkling Red Star is a 1974 Chinese film and one of the very few films produced in China during the Cultural Revolution. Co-directed by Li Jun and Li Ang, the film is a mix between a war film, a children's film and a musical. Today, given the heavy-handed political message and state control of the Sparkling Red Star's story and production, it is generally considered a propaganda film. The film was remade in 2007 as an animated tale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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