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Title:
The Red Detachment of Women film still (timecode: 10 sec.)
Is Part Of:
The Red Detachment of Women (film)
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Date Created:
1961
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Original Measurements:
110 min.
Description:
This woodcut print appears at the beginning of the film, serving as background for the opening credits. Film description: The Red Detachment of Women is a film about China's first all-woman Red Army unit. In the 1930s, during the Chinese Civil War, a slave girl (Qionghua) runs away from a cruel landlord and becomes a soldier in the Red Army. She helps lead a detachment of women soldiers in battle against Nationalist forces, including her former master, whom she personally captures and brings to justice.
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Is Format Of:
Hongse niangzi jun [The red detachment of women], directed by Xie Jin (Jinan: Qilu yinxiang chubanshe, 2004), DVD.
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