Crows and Sparrows (1949)

ALL 01/11/1949 (zh) Drama 113 Min
  • Release
    01/11/1949
  • Production
    The Peak Film Industries
  • Rotten tomato
    58%
  • Original title
    烏鴉與麻雀
  • Original language
    zh
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

At a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the imminent defeat of the KMT during the Civil War. Mrs Hou gives an ultimatum to the rest of the tenants to move out on behalf of her husband, who is the "owner" of the flat and who is now planning to sell it. From the conversations with the rest, we find out that Hou has been a Hanjian during the Sino-Japanese War and that he has since taken over the apartment by force from the old landlord, Mr Kong. The tenants, including Mr Kong, Mrs Xiao, Little Broadcast (alias Mr Xiao, played by Zhao Dan) and a schoolteacher, Mr Hua, and his wife, initially plan to band together, but circumstances force them to find other ways out. Mr Hua tries to find a place to stay at the KMT-sponsored school he is teaching in. Little Broadcast and Mrs Xiao invest in black market gold. As the situation escalates, Mr Hua gets arrested by KMT agents and his young daughter falls desperately ill.

  1. Zheng Jun-li

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Zhengyi Fu

    Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Zhao Dan

    Little Broadcast/Boss Xiao

  2. Wei Heling

    Mr. Kong

  3. Qi Mengshi

    Lao Liu

  4. Li Tian-Ji

    Mr. Hou

  5. Baoluo Li

    Principal

  6. Fu Botang

    Lao Zhao

  7. Zhang Zhizhi

    Ruffian

  8. Shi Ling

    Doctor

  9. Huang Zongying

    Mrs. Hao

  10. Shangguan Yunzhu

    Mrs. Hua

  11. Wu Yin

    Mrs. Xiao

  12. Daolin Sun

    Teacher Hua

  13. Wang Bei

    Hsiao Ah Mei

  14. Zhang Li-De

    Lao Wei

  15. Xu Wei-Jie

    Da Mao

  16. Qian Zhang

  17. Tian Guangcai

  18. Guan Peng

  19. Ge Meiqiang

  20. Cheng Mo

  21. Qiu Huan

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 11

Keyword

Crows and Sparrows (1949) 113 Min

ALL 01/11/1949 (zh)
Drama
  • Release 01/11/1949
  • Production
    The Peak Film Industries
  • Original title 烏鴉與麻雀
  • zh
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

At a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the imminent defeat of the KMT during the Civil War. Mrs Hou gives an ultimatum to the rest of the tenants to move out on behalf of her husband, who is the "owner" of the flat and who is now planning to sell it. From the conversations with the rest, we find out that Hou has been a Hanjian during the Sino-Japanese War and that he has since taken over the apartment by force from the old landlord, Mr Kong. The tenants, including Mr Kong, Mrs Xiao, Little Broadcast (alias Mr Xiao, played by Zhao Dan) and a schoolteacher, Mr Hua, and his wife, initially plan to band together, but circumstances force them to find other ways out. Mr Hua tries to find a place to stay at the KMT-sponsored school he is teaching in. Little Broadcast and Mrs Xiao invest in black market gold. As the situation escalates, Mr Hua gets arrested by KMT agents and his young daughter falls desperately ill.

  1. Zheng Jun-li

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Zhengyi Fu

    Editor

  4. Producer