Love and Duty

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Love and Duty
Directed by Bu Wancang
Produced by Li Minwei
Written by Zhu Shilin
Ho Ro-se (novel)
Starring Ruan Lingyu
Jin Yan
Cinematography Huang Shaofen
Distributed by Lianhua Film Company
Release date(s) 1931
Running time 152 min
Language Silent film
Written Chinese intertitles
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Chinese name
Simplified Chinese: 恋爱与义务
Traditional Chinese: 戀愛與義務
Pinyin: Liàn'ài yǔ yìwù

Love and Duty is a 1931 silent film from China directed by Bu Wancang and starring Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan.

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[edit] Production history

Based on a novel by a Polish expatriate, S. Rosen-hoa ("Ho Ro-se"), who had married a Chinese engineer, Love and Duty became one of the first films produced by the leftist Lianhua Film Company. It proved popular for its day, in no small part due to the pairing of Ruan, who was already a darling of the Shanghai film industry, and Jin Yan, a Korean-born actor who was one of the major leading men in early Chinese cinema.

[edit] Plot

The story tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film details the poverty she must endure for breaking with tradition.

[edit] Rediscovery

For many years the film was believed lost, until a complete print was discovered in Uruguay in the 1990s.[1] Since its rediscovery, it has made the rounds in film festivals and Chinese cinema retrospectives around the world.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Thomas Kampen (2004-06-30). Film "Love and Duty". Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.

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