Loyalty and Betrayal (2012)
- Directed by
- Zhang Yuzhong
- Genre
- drama film, historical film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1927 Shanghai, members of China's Communist Party are betrayed and violently purged by nationalist forces. The film follows their persecution during a real historical massacre.
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What happens
Loyalty and Betrayal (originaltittel: zhong cheng yu bei pan) er en kinesisk historisk dramafilm fra 2012 regissert av Zhang Yuzhong. Handlingen utspiller seg i 1927. Chiang Kai-shek samarbeider med imperialistiske krefter for å massakrere medlemmer av Kinas kommunistparti. Ledende roller spilles av Liu Zhibing, Wang Hui, Xu Jian og Zhang Xiwen. Handlingen bygger på en faktisk hendelse fra april 1927 der Kuomintang-styrker, hjulpet av urbane gangstere og krigsherremilits, angrep medlemmer av Kinesisk kommunistparti i Shanghai. Hundrevis av kommunister ble samlet, arrestert og torturert; de fleste ble myrdet. Den ble tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved Huabiao Awards (sammen med flere filmer). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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