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Morning Sun

Morning Sun

2003TV Movie⏱️ 1h 57m
Documentary
7.8
IMDB Rating
235 votes

About the shifting, unpredictable currents behind the Chinese Cultural Revolution, this documentary shows the various phases of the 12 years from 1964 through the purging of the Gang of Four at the end of 1976, with some retrospec...

Director
N/A
Writers
Geramie Barmé, John Crowley, Carma Hinton
Stars
Nanyang Li, Rui Li, Shao-Chi Liu
Release Date
September 24, 2003
Language
English, Mandarin
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Nanyang Li
as Self
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Rui Li
as Self
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Shao-Chi Liu
as Self
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Ting Liu
as Self
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Xiaohai Luo
as Self
Zedong Mao
Zedong Mao
as Self
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Lan Ping
as Self
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Deng Xiaoping
as Self
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Weili Ye
as Self
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Luoke Yu
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Long Bow Group

🏷️ Keywords

cultural revolutionchinaf rated

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⭐ Featured Review

The meaning of "permanent revolution"
by paul2001sw-12005-07-30
8/10

"As Orwell observed, most revolutions involve merely an exchange of elites, while the bulk of a society's power structures remain in place. On one hand, this thought is depressing, as it implies that a true redistribution of power and wealth is essentially impossible. But revolutionaries from Lenin onwards have discovered that a measure of realpolitik is necessary if a state is not to completely collapse under the impact of dramatic change. China's cultural revolution stands somewhat in opposition to this orthodoxy, a revolution that effectively sought to destroy all institutions in w..."

📖 Synopsis

About the shifting, unpredictable currents behind the Chinese Cultural Revolution, this documentary shows the various phases of the 12 years from 1964 through the purging of the Gang of Four at the end of 1976, with some retrospec...