The Burning of Yuan Ming Yuan (1983)

Original title

火燒圓明園

Directed by

Li Han-hsiang

Genre

drama film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Second Opium War, the Xianfeng Emperor and young consort Cixi navigate court politics and foreign invasion. The conflict culminates in the burning of the Old Summer Palace.

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What happens

The Burning of Imperial Palace (Chinese: 火燒圓明園 is a 1983 historical drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. Based on the events in China during the Second Opium War which culminated in the burning of the Old Summer Palace (a.k.a. Yuanming Garden), the film stars Tony Leung Ka-fai as the Xianfeng Emperor and Liu Xiaoqing as a young noble consort, Cixi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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