The last emperor / Jeremy Thomas presents ; a film by Bernardo Bertolucci ; screenplay by Mark Peploe with Bernardo Bertolucci ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Bernardo Bertolucci ; made by Yanco Films Limited and Tao Film SRL ; in association with Recorded Picture Company (Productions) Limited, Screenframe Limited, AAA Soprofilms.
A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his...
| Uniform Title: | Last emperor (Motion picture) |
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| Language: | English |
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In English, Chinese, and Japanese, with optional subtitles in English. |
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Irvington, NY :
Criterion Collection,
[2008], ©2008.
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| Series: | Criterion collection ;
422. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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Bernardo Bertolucci's The last emperor. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Manchuria, 1950
- Peking, 1908
- First coronation
- Young emperor
- Criminal
- Pu Chieh
- New republic
- Reginald Johnston
- First lesson
- Protests
- Grief
- Spectacles
- Two wives
- Strangers
- Confession
- Reforms
- Departures
- Life outside
- Secondary consort
- Tientsin, 1931
- Manchuria, 1934
- Second coronation
- New quarters
- Manchuria, 1935
- Puppet
- Russians
- Freedom
- Peking, 1967
- Citizen
- Color bars.