Lover of the Last Empress (1995)

Original title

慈禧秘密生活

Directed by

Andrew Lau

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

III

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor young woman enters the imperial palace and faces bullying from eunuchs. With guidance from a prince, she learns the ruthless rules of survival and starts to vie for the emperor's favor. She eliminates her enemies and gains power, eventually becoming the empress dowager who rules behind the throne.

intensemanipulativeambitiousbleakhistoricalcutthroatsensualpower-driven

What happens

《慈禧秘密生活》（英語：Lover of the Last Empress）是1995年的香港清裝劇情片，別名《暗宮》。劇情描述惠玉蘭獲選入宮後，因家貧無法賄賂太監們而飽受他人欺侮；後經過恭親王奕訢指點，了解宮中的殘酷與生存法則，於是積極爭取皇上寵愛鞏固自身勢力，並心狠手辣剷除異己，一步步走向權力顛峰，利用幼主以母后身分垂簾聽政，成為中國歷史上最後一位女皇慈禧太后。另外，由於各地剪輯不盡相同，有多個版本。雖然此片為歷史劇情電影，不過其中史實、非史實、軼聞相互混雜，但也因此劇情得以兼具歷史和趣味。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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