Movie Info
Title: Beyond The Great Wall
Original Title: Wang Zhao Jun
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1959?
Genre: Historical Drama, Chinese Opera
Director: Li Han-Hsiang
Script: Wong Chik-Boh
Producer: Sir Run Run Shaw
Cast: Linda Lin Dai, Zhao Lei, Hung Boh...
Film Company: Shaw Brothers
Audio: Mandarin
Subtiles: Chinese/English/Malay/Indonesian idx/sub
Plot:
Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns. The iconic Linda Lin Dai gives a soul stirring performance as Wang, who is tricked into marrying the Hun leader. War averted, the truth is revealed too late, she kills herself. Life imitates art when sadly Linda committed suicide a few years later.
Technical Info:
General: Beyond The Great Wall.avi
Format: AVI at 1 097 Kbps
Length: 699 MiB for 1h 29mn 4s 360ms
Video #0: MPEG-4 Visual at 991 Kbps
Aspect: 512 x 384 (1.333) at 25.000 fps
Audio #0: MPEG Audio at 96.0 Kbps
Infos: 1 channel, 48.0 KHz
Notes:
1) Not my rip
2) In 2007 CCTV released a tv drama:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Wang_Zhao_Jun
3) About the real Whang Zhao Jun:
http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_22654.htm
4) About the year of release:
1959 according to Shaw Brothers/Celestial Pictures DVD
1964 according to Film Comment and most authorities
1967 US release date
Links:
HKMDB: http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=4226&display_set=eng
HKCinemagic: http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=4387
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057886/
