Beginning of the Great Revival DVD 2011 AKA The Founding of a Party / Directed by Huang Jianxin, Han Sanping / Starring: Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Li Qin, Huang Jue

UPC 4895154902876

MADE IN CHINA

REGION 3 NTSC DVD

Audio: Mandarin (Chinese) 5.1 (DTS & Dolby)

Subtitles: English, Mandarin traditional, Mandarin Simplified

Runtime: 125 minutes

English Summary:

The Founding of a Party, alternatively titled in English Beginning of the Great Revival for its international release, is a Chinese film released in 2011 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. The film is directed by Huang Jianxin and Han Sanping, both of whom also worked on the similar historical film, The Founding of a Republic, and features a star-studded cast of Chinese actors, including Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat.^[5][6] The film was created by the state-owned China Film Group and depicts the formation of the Chinese Communist Party, beginning with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 and ending with the Party's founding congress in 1921.

During the early 20th century, China is marked by political disunity and a handful of individuals, including Mao Zedong, Li Dazhao, and Zhou Enlai, envision a unified China, especially in the political crises that followed the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, which ended centuries of dynastic rule in the country. After World War I, the Western Allies gave Tsingtao and Kiaochow Bay to the Empire of Japan at the Treaty of Versailles, stirring sentiments amongst China's youth, leading to the May Fourth Movement of 1919. In March 1920, Grigori Voitinsky comes to China in an attempt to spread communism to the Far East and, on 22 July 1921, 13 representatives from throughout China meet in a Shanghai's women's dormitory to found what would become the Chinese Communist Party.

Chinese Summary:

《建党伟业》（英文：Beginning of the Great Revival）是一部于2011年上映的中国历史电影，是中华人民共和国政府为庆祝中国共产党建党九十周年而制作的献礼影片^[2]。该片沿用《建国大业》导演客串执导的做法，海外部分由李少红执导，五四时期部分由陆川执导，战争场面由沈东执导^[3]。原中共中央政治局常委曾庆红之弟曾庆淮为本片担任顾问。

该片于2010年8月18日在怀柔影视基地开机^[4]，历时五个多月的拍摄后于2011年1月26日关机杀青^[5]。2011年6月15日在大陆地區正式公映^[6]。

电影从1911年辛亥革命爆发开始一直叙述至1921年中国共产党第一次全国代表大会召开为止共10年间中国所发生的一系列重大历史事件，大体上由民初动乱、五四运动及中共建党三部分剧情组成。內容包括中共建党的历史原因以及毛泽东、陈独秀、李大钊等中共创党领袖选择并确立共产主义政治信仰的历程。

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