The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

Original title

黃石的孩子

Directed by

Roger Spottiswoode

Genre

drama film, war film, adventure film, docudrama

Country

Germany, People's Republic of China, United States

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 169 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a British journalist leads a group of orphans across war-torn China to safety. The movie follows their dangerous journey while showing the brutal realities of the conflict.

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What happens

The Children of Huang Shi (Chinese: 黄石的孩子; working title: The Bitter Sea, also known as Escape from Huang Shi and Children of the Silk Road) is a 2008 historical war drama film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and David Wenham. The film centers on the true story of George Hogg and the sixty orphans that he led across China in an effort to save them from conscription during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film depicts the Rape of Nanjing and the Japanese "kill all, burn all, loot all" practices. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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