The Last Aristocrats

The Last Aristocrats (1989)

最后的贵族

In 1948, four young girls, daughters of Shanghai's elite, attending college in America find themselves unable to return after the Communists take Shanghai.

Date of release
1989-08-19
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Xie Jin

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Shanghai

The Last Aristocrats is a 1989 Chinese drama film directed by Xie Jin and starring Pan Hong, Pu Cunxin, Li Kequn, and Xiao Xiong. It is based on the short story Zhexianji by Taiwanese novelist Bai Xianyong. The film picks up the story of the lives of four young Chinese girls, daughters of Shanghai's elite, who went to the United States to study in 1948 and faced difficulties trying to return home a year later. The film was released in South Korea on 23 December 1989.

Production

On April 26, 1987, Xie Jin and Pai Hsien-yung met at the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, they talked about changing the short story Zhexianji (謫仙記) into a movie. Brigitte Lin had been considered to star as Li Tong, the female lead role in the film, but at that time the relationship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait had not been thawing, she was recognized by reporters at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, and under the pressure of…

Two-thirds of the film was shot on location in the United States. The film wrapped in May 1989.

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