Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (1913)
- Original title
- 莊子試妻
- Directed by
- Lai Man-Wai
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- 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
This silent film from 1913 is based on a Chinese play where a philosopher tests his wife's loyalty by faking his own death. It was the first feature film made in Hong Kong and was taken to the United States for screening. No copies of the movie are known to survive today.
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What happens
Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (Chinese: 莊子試妻; pinyin: Zhuangzi shi qi) is a 1913 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Minwei. It is the earliest feature film of Hong Kong cinema, and the only film made by the Huamei (Chinese-American) Studio, which was co-founded by Benjamin Brodsky, who had sold his Asia Film Company in Shanghai, and Li Minwei. The film was never screened in Hong Kong. Brodsky brought the film to the United States, and it became the first Hong Kong-produced fiction film to be shown in the United States. It is based on the zidishu play "The Butterfly Dream" written by Chunshuzhai. No known prints of the film still exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Film Primadonna (1913)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.