Wedding Festivities

Wedding Festivities (1913)

難夫難妻

The film tells the story of a man and woman who don't know each other. After being matched by a matchmaker, after going through a series of red tape, they were sent to the bridal chamber and began a difficult life as a couple. Despite the primitive shooting methods and lack of training of the actors, the film has a very important place in the history of Chinese film.

Date of release
1913-09-29
Runtime
40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Zheng Zhengqiu, Shichuan Zhang

Casting

Interesting facts

The Difficult Couple, also translated as Die for Marriage, is a 1913 Chinese film. It is known for being the earliest Chinese feature film. Although it had a dialogue of only a little more than 1,000 characters, it was the first Chinese film with a script. It is considered a lost film.

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