Song of the Fishermen
Song of the Fishermen | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin | Yú guāng qǔ | |
Directed by | Lianhua Film Company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 57 minutes | |
Country | China | |
Language | Silent with Chinese intertitles |
Song of the Fishermen is an early
Lianhua Film Company
. The film, like many of the period, details the struggle of the poorer classes, in this case a family of fishermen who are forced to sing on the streets in order to survive.
A successful film, Song of the Fishermen played for 84 straight days in Shanghai.Moscow Film Festival in 1935).[2]
References
- ^ MoMA staff. "Bright Stars, Big City: Chinese Cinema's First Golden Era, 1922–1937". MOMA. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ISBN 9781842433805.
External links
- Song of the Fishermen is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Song of the Fishermen at IMDb
- Song of the Fishermen at the Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center at UCSD