Film
King of the Children
1987· 1h 47m· Drama
An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.
1987-05-01
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DirectorChen Kaige
WriterChen Kaige
Director of PhotographyGu Changwei
Original Music ComposerQu Xiaosong
EditorMiaomiao Liu
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Details
Released1987-05-01
Runtime1h 47m
StatusReleased
StudiosXi'an Film Studio
LanguagesMandarin
CountriesChina
Rating7.0/10 · 26 votes
Original languagezh
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