Sous le soleil d'orient

Sous le soleil d'orient (1945)

China Sky

Durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, l'armée japonaise attaque la Chine et des soldats américains s'engagent aux côtés des troupes chinoises. Parmi eux, le docteur Gray Thompson est chargé de soigner les blessés. Ce dernier entretient une relation avec Sara, une infirmière. Mais leur amour est mis à l'épreuve lorsque la femme du médecin débarque et que la guerre les sépare...

Date de sortie
1945-05-16
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (7)
Durée
1 h 18 min
Genres
Action, Aventure, Drame, Guerre
Réalisateur
Ray Enright

Distribution

Anecdotes

  • Adapté de : China Sky

China Sky is a 1945 RKO Pictures war-drama film based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck. It was directed by Ray Enright and featured movie idol Randolph Scott, teamed with Ruth Warrick, Ellen Drew and Anthony Quinn. Although set in wartime China, Quinn and other lead actors portrayed Chinese characters, in keeping with other period films that employed Caucasian actors in Asian roles.

Production

Although Pearl Buck's novel had been optioned for film production in 1941, one nagging plotline held up actual work as screenwriters dealt with an unsympathetic anti-American Chinese character. Phillip Ahn's character was ultimately changed from the American schooled Chinese Dr. Chung to a half Korean and half Japanese character. His name, Kim Han Soo may have been inspired by real life Korean agent, Killsoo Han.

The RKO Pictures backlot China set over the years was used as a locale in a number of films and television series. It was originally part of the Jerusalem city for Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927) and was also redressed and featured as an Arab village in David O. Selznick's The Garden of Allah (1936). In 1945, the set was dressed for China Sky.

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