Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (1970)

智取威虎山

Taking Tiger Mountain was the very first model film produced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Set during the civil war in 1946, it follows a detachment of the People's Liberation Army in Mandchuria as they are fighting a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. Based on a novel from the 50s, Taking Tiger Mountain was first a revolutionary opera before being made into film by director Xie Tieli.

Date of release
1970-12-03
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
History, Adventure, War, Music, Drama
Director
Xie Tieli

Casting

Interesting facts

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy is a Chinese film from 1970, during the height of the Cultural Revolution. The film was directed by Xie Tieli and was based on a contemporary Beijing opera, one of the eight model plays allowed during the Cultural Revolution. The story is based on the novel Lin hai xue yuan (林海雪原), and tells the story of an incident in 1946, during the Chinese Civil War.

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