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River Elegy (1988– )
TV Series | 190 min | Documentary

River Elegy (1988– )

TV Series | 190 min | Documentary

"River Elegy" A TV-series in s6 parts: In Search of the Dream, Destiny, The Spark, Sorrow and Sky Blue, which trace the origins of Chinese culture to the well spring of the Yellow River. The text abounds in dialectical irony and reflective...See more"River Elegy" A TV-series in s6 parts: In Search of the Dream, Destiny, The Spark, Sorrow and Sky Blue, which trace the origins of Chinese culture to the well spring of the Yellow River. The text abounds in dialectical irony and reflective wit, while the visual images flow by in a post-modern pastiche that is anchored by the depth and passion of the script. The program's almost reckless demystification of the prevailing Chinese cultural icons, such as the dragon mascot, the Great Wall, Mao and Marx is contrasted with its lavishly uncritical embracing of Western capitalism. Written by Ulf Kjell Gur See less

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13 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Zhang Jiasheng Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	6	Dang xiao zu zhang (1986)
Deng Xiaoping Self (archive footage) (as Xiaoping Deng) Self (archive footage) (as Xiaoping Deng) See fewer	3	Mr. Deng Goes to Washington (2015)
Ziyang Zhao Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	3	Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Zedong Mao Self (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) Self (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) See fewer	2	The New China (1951)
Enlai Zhou Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	China (1965)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Lin Biao Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1
Vladimir Lenin Self (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) Self (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) See fewer	1	Un'alba (1920)
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	1	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Deng Zihui Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1
Jin Guantao Self Self See fewer	1	River Elegy (1988)
De Zhu Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1
Shaoqi Liu Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1