Dadu he (1980)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Nong Lin

Genre:

War

Plot:

In 1935 the Red Army needs to cross the Dadu River. |

Cast

Xuecheng Fu	...	Liu Bocheng
Shi Han	...	Mao Zedong
Huaizheng Liu	...	Zhu De
Hengduo Zhao	...	Chiang Kaishek
Shenqiu Zhao	...	Zhou Enlai

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Company:

Changchun Film Studio

Not quite realistically reflecting the historical truth

The local warlord's troop that blocking the Red Army was poorly equipped because the region the warlord controls had no battles for decades. As a result, the troops were not trained and the weapon was not maintained: most bullets used by the warlord's troop did not function properly and the maximum range was less than 100 meters, and there was no automatic weapons used, in fact not even semi-automatic rifles.

In contrast, the assault team of the Red Army were equipped with automatic weapons such as USA and German made submachine guns that had range at least twice the range of that of local warlord's troop, or even three times. The Red Army also perfectly maintained its weaponry and as a result of these combined factors, the Red Army succeeded in its objective.

The advantage of the Red Army was accurately shown in this film, however, the disadvantage of its opponents was not adequately shown, giving the audience fake impression of the enemy of the Red Army were better equipped and thus the Red Army soldiers were supermen.