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Keltainen maa

Original title: Huang tu di
  • 19841984
  • SS
  • 1h 26m
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7.1/10
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Keltainen maa (1984)
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'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns ... Read all'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns that the happy songs he was sent to collect do not exist; the songs he finds are about har... Read all'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns that the happy songs he was sent to collect do not exist; the songs he finds are about hardship and suffering. He returns to the army, but promises to come back for the young girl,... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.4K
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POPULARITY
69,262
1,421
  • Director
    • Kaige Chen
  • Writers
    • Kaige Chen
    • Lan Ke(novel)
    • Ziliang Zhang(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Xueqi Wang
    • Bai Xue
    • Quiang Liu
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  • Director
    • Kaige Chen
  • Writers
    • Kaige Chen
    • Lan Ke(novel)
    • Ziliang Zhang(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Xueqi Wang
    • Bai Xue
    • Quiang Liu
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    • 19User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 3 nominations

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    Xueqi Wang
    Xueqi Wang
    • Gu Quing - The Soldier
    • (as Xueyin Wang)
    Bai Xue
    • Cuiqiao - The Girl
    Quiang Liu
    • Hanhan - The Boy
    Tuo Tan
    • The Father
    • Director
      • Kaige Chen
    • Writers
      • Kaige Chen
      • Lan Ke(novel)
      • Ziliang Zhang(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The movie is not often viewed in China because most citizens do not understand the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in Elokuvan tarina: Fight the Power: Protest in Film (2011)

    User reviews19

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    10/10
    Harsh reality of life that cannot be redeem by anything
    including the communist ideology.

    Great directorial work in describing the harsh conditions that not only resulted from unforgiving nature and political turmoil, but also from the burden of traditional Chinese culture, which is partly to blame for the political turmoils of post-revolution era. The film is one of the pioneers in the re examination of Chinese tradition and although it has not gone into detailed criticism like later films such as Bian Lian (Change Face) of later era, it was a good beginning.
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    • Nov 24, 2003

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 1987 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Yellow Earth
    • Production company
      • Guangxi Film Studio
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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