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3 unusual facts about Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm


Diantong Film Company

In a short period of time, the company produced four classics of the period: Plunder of Peach and Plum (dir. Ying Yunwei), Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm (dir. Xu Xingzhi), Cityscape (dir. Yuan Muzhi), and Spirit of Freedom (dir. Situ Huimin) (also known as The Goddess of Freedom).

Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm

However, whereas Liang soon joins the resistance against the Japanese invaders, Xin chooses to pursue a relationship with a glamorous and westernized widow in Qingdao.

In addition, it starred Yuan Muzhi, who would join the Communists in 1940 and had music by the Communist composer Nie Er.



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