The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor

  • Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
  • Writer: Mark Peploe,Bernardo Bertolucci,Enzo Ungari
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, China, Italy, France
  • Language: English, Mandarin, Japanese
  • Release date: April 15, 1988
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Der letzte Kaiser
  • "The Last Emperor" is jointly produced by Italian Yankee Film Company, British Dao Film Company, and China Film Co-Production Corporation , directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring John Lone , Joan Chen , Vivian Wu , Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole, etc. Biographical film. The film on October 23, 1987 release in Italy, its 3D restored version in China in June 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival screening   .
    The film tells the story of the 60-year ups and downs of Xuantong, the last emperor of China, from becoming an emperor to becoming an ordinary citizen   .
    In 1988, the film won the 60th Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Photography, Best Artist, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Nine awards including original music   .

    Details

    • Release date April 15, 1988
    • Filming locations Forbidden City, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
    • Production companies Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Hemdale, Yanco Films Limited

    Box office

    Budget

    £23,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $43,984,230

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $149,460

    Gross worldwide

    $43,993,869

    Movie reviews

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    • By Johnathon 2022-07-13 12:13:30

      The Last Emperor--Everything Is The Choice Of The Times

      I feel that the perspective is more objective. When I watched it, I followed the ups and downs of the fate of the characters, especially when I saw the queen's child was killed and forcibly taken away at birth. I kept thinking in my heart, don't go crazy. Don't be crazy; it really hurts to see her later. The paper is full of absurd words and bitter tears. Is Puyi lucky or unfortunate? Is it better to live a normal life or...

    • By Ezequiel 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      last emperor of china

      It describes the life of the last emperor of China in extraordinary film language. The film made at that time was really good. After watching it, I found out that it was made by an Italian director... Under the director's hands, China's last feudal dynasty is full of The rotten but mysterious color, Zunlong's beautiful face beautifies the feudal emperor Puyi, an ignorant and ignorant child who only knows how to suckle is pushed by the hands of countless people to the position that seems to...

    • By Alex 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Feelings of watching "The Last Emperor"

      Looking at China’s history from the outside and looking at it from a Western perspective will be more transparent, deeper and more real. From this, we can see the ups and downs and sufferings that the Chinese nation has gone through since the end of the Qing Dynasty. This is a nation's transition from a feudal dynasty to a modern society, a huge historical change, and the suffering of the nation before it is ripe; Emperor Fu Yi has been wandering for half his life, and his life is tragic. Fu...

    • By Alvis 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      The woman beside "The Last Emperor"

      Wan Jun

      Aixinjueluo Puyi's life is tragic. As an emperor, he has never had the real power of an emperor; as a son of a high society, he has never had real freedom; and he was imprisoned. people.

      Early childhood - mother

    • By Reginald 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Analysis of film and television art in "The Last Emperor"

      The interpretation of film art language on Baidu Encyclopedia is a comprehensive film and television scene scheduling method for character setting, scene arrangement, light and shadow control, etc. Zhang Shuping, a famous film art director, once said: "Film art is a way of expressing some abstract concepts through the specific means of vision, in order to create an atmosphere, in order to achieve "emotion and scene brilliance, meaning and imagery" But the atmosphere is a very empty...

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    • By Liam 2023-09-29 18:38:13

      Rewatch, this time is a 210-minute extended version. There is a problem with the sound. I speak Chinese and speak English for a while. In the part of the puppet Manchukuo, I finally couldn't help dozing off, and woke up after seeing Wanrong being licked by Fangzi Kawashima. It should be said that this paragraph should be the only time in Puyi's life that he can't control...

    • By Christina 2023-09-01 14:06:13

      [A+] The actors speak English, the soundtrack is Western music, and the director is Italian, but its soul is the most "Chinese". Whether it is the director, the actor, or the cameraman, the screenwriter, and the soundtrack, all of them present the past with a kind of "historical sympathy". They respect the restoration of history very much, and instead of just presenting history coldly, they try to make the characters have character, ideas, and love-hate entanglements as much as possible....

    • By Americo 2023-08-12 22:27:45

      Films made in 1987, the Cultural Revolution, can also be handed over to foreigners for filming. I am lucky, because it will not be filmed in another two...

    • By Dangelo 2023-08-06 20:32:39

      It can be said that Puyi is the most handsome emperor in history. At the end, it is said that Puyi died in 1967, which is really good, and fate does not want him to admit his crimes again. From another angle, he is just an ordinary person. In the end, I really like the soundtrack of this movie, and thank the professor for writing such a good...

    • By Rahul 2023-07-24 08:09:38

      2016419 Rewatch 3D, the first Beijing Film Festival. To say that Chen Chong is China's Monica Bellucci is worthy of the name. This kind of life is already magnificent enough just by sketching. In the face of history, everyone is a little person who can't help himself.

    Movie plot

    In the winter of 1950, the Qing dynasty abolished Emperor Puyi ( played by John Lone ) and was taken back to China from the Soviet Union as a war criminal. After the train arrived at the Manzhouli Railway Station on the Sino-Soviet border, Puyi thought that his life would be unsafe, so he slipped into the bathroom and attempted to commit suicide by cutting his wrists. The director of the China War Criminals Management Office ( played...
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    Movie Highlights

    This film is the first feature film to be shot in the Forbidden City with the permission of the Chinese government, and it is also the first Western film about China that has received the full cooperation of the Chinese government since 1949.
    The Forbidden City, built in the 15th century, has high and thick walls, which provided excellent sound insulation for the filming of the film. However, at that time, the Chinese film crew were not...
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    Evaluation action

    "The Last Emperor" is a magnificent, colorful and spectacular film, and it is also a classic work by European director Beldo Luzzi. The film’s narrative technique is similar to that of " Once Upon a Time in America ", using flashback techniques to tell the 60-year ups and downs of Puyi's life in 2 hours and 40 minutes.
    The music of the film can be described as unique and ingenious. The combination of the violin and the guzheng and other...
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    Movie quotes

    • The Governor: The Americans believe everyone is born good. You must be judged.

    • Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Your mouse is escaping!

    • Pu Yi - 8 Years: Cricket! Where's the Cricket?