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Dealing with the Devil (1980)

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Original title
与魔鬼打交道的人
Directed by
Lin Lan
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 44m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A communist sympathizer works undercover in Shanghai's financial world in 1947 during the end of the Chinese Civil War. The film follows his dangerous efforts to navigate the nationalist-controlled financial system.

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What happens

Dealing with the Devil (originaltittel: Yu mo gui da jiao dao de ren) er en kinesisk dramafilm fra 1980 regissert av Lin Lan. Filmen handler om en kommunistisk sympatisør som arbeider undercover i Shanghais finansverden. Handlingen er satt til 1947, i slutten av den kinesiske borgerkrigen hvor nasjonalistene fremdeles satt ved makten. Hovedrollen spilles av Guo Yuntai. Den ble tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved Huabiao Awards (delt med flere filmer). Filmen er også kjent under den engelske tittelen The Man Who Deals with the Devils og To Deal With The Devil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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