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Husband and Wife (1951)

ALL 03/02/1951 (zh) 95 Min
  • Release
    03/02/1951
  • Production
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  • Original title
    我們夫婦之間
  • Original language
    zh
  • Production Cost
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Overview

An absorbing example of genre filmmaking in the People’s Republic of China, Husband and Wife could at first glance be mistaken for any other romantic melodrama chronicling the rise and decline of a married couple’s love; here, though, that love takes place in (and is entirely defined by) a realm of political upheaval and Maoist ideology. A Shanghai intellectual marries an illiterate peasant woman–turned–collectivist hero, with outcomes both universal (differences emerge) and specific (revolutionary self-critiques). At first a popular hit, the film (and Zheng himself) was soon critically attacked for counterrevolutionary, pro-bourgeois thought. Zheng even penned a confessional autocritique, but the damage to his career was done. (BAMPFA)

  1. Zheng Jun-li

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Zhao Dan

    Li Ke

  2. Jiang Tianliu

    Zhang Ying

  3. Wang Guiling

    Xiao Juan's Father

  4. Wen Ming

    Zhang Ying's Mother

  5. Wu Yinyan

    Qing Feng (as Wu Yin)

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Casts : 5 , Crews : 3

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Husband and Wife (1951) 95 Min

ALL 03/02/1951 (zh)
  • Release 03/02/1951
  • Production
  • Original title 我們夫婦之間
  • zh
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

An absorbing example of genre filmmaking in the People’s Republic of China, Husband and Wife could at first glance be mistaken for any other romantic melodrama chronicling the rise and decline of a married couple’s love; here, though, that love takes place in (and is entirely defined by) a realm of political upheaval and Maoist ideology. A Shanghai intellectual marries an illiterate peasant woman–turned–collectivist hero, with outcomes both universal (differences emerge) and specific (revolutionary self-critiques). At first a popular hit, the film (and Zheng himself) was soon critically attacked for counterrevolutionary, pro-bourgeois thought. Zheng even penned a confessional autocritique, but the damage to his career was done. (BAMPFA)

  1. Zheng Jun-li

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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