Movies: Li Ping-Qian

  • 1934
    The Classic for Girls

    The Classic for Girls (1934)

    The Classic for Girls

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    A hostess in Shanghai invites her secondary schoolmates to a reunion. They each reminisce about their lives, with some having difficulties in marriage or career. Some led destructive lives, while others contributed to the country....

    The Classic for Girls
  • 1960
    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1960)

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

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    A sadder than sad story about a fun-loving optimist whose interest in comedy performance is despised by both his family and his wealthy future in-laws, Li’s tragic-comedy follows the 50-year-old father (Bao) as he maintains a dignified façade after l...

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh
  • 1941
    Sheng li si bie

    Sheng li si bie (1941)

    Sheng li si bie

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    Sheng li si bie
  • 1950
    A Strange Woman

    A Strange Woman (1950)

    A Strange Woman

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    Not seen in Hong Kong for many years, A Strange Woman was Li Pingqian's first film at Great Wall Film Studio. Adapted from the play La Tosca by French playwright Victorien Sardou, opera star Xiao Xiangshui (Bai Guang) helps her lover, a revolutionary...

    A Strange Woman
  • 1932
    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf

    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf (1932)

    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf

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    China's first song and dance film was "Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf" directed by Sun Yu and starring Wang Renmei in 1932. A battalion commander's lover, named Zhao Zhao, wrote a poem on a banana leaf in memory of the battalion commander. Just a...

    Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf
  • 1936
    Rendezvous

    Rendezvous (1936)

    Rendezvous

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    Rendezvous