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  • Zhu Xiao-Mei: How Bach Defeated Mao (2017)
  • TV Movie | 59 min | Documentary, History, Music
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Zhu Xiao-Mei: How Bach Defeated Mao (2017)
TV Movie | 59 min | Documentary, History, Music
How Bach Defeated Mao is a quiet but compelling film about the tremendous power of music. It is a very personal film about the pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, who personally experienced the Cultural Revolution and learned how art can be political, ...See moreHow Bach Defeated Mao is a quiet but compelling film about the tremendous power of music. It is a very personal film about the pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, who personally experienced the Cultural Revolution and learned how art can be political, how owning a piano can be dangerous and how playing one of Bach's Inventions can be potentially deadly. And yet, it is also at the same time a film about a new China, a country that is undergoing a process of change and is searching for meaning. See less
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Director
Paul Smaczny
Cinematographers
Michael Boomers | Nyika Jancsó
Editor
Dirk Seliger
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Updated Feb 11, 2017
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Feb 11, 2017 (Finland)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Dan Wesker primary photo
Dan Wesker
Self - Narrator (voice: English version) Self - Narrator (voice: English version)   See fewer
Keas: New Zealand's Witty Daredevils (2015)
Zhu Xiao-Mei primary photo
Zhu Xiao-Mei
Self Self   See fewer
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Michel Mollard primary photo
Michel Mollard
Self - music essayist Self - music essayist   See fewer
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Kexin Zhang primary photo
Kexin Zhang
Self - concert promoter Self - concert promoter   See fewer
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Yin Chengzong primary photo
Yin Chengzong
Self Self   See fewer
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Zuoyin primary photo
Zuoyin
Self - Zhu Xiao-Mei's former co-student Self - Zhu Xiao-Mei's former co-student   See fewer
Zhu Xiao-Mei: How Bach Defeated Mao (2017)
Zhou Guangren primary photo
Zhou Guangren
Self - Zhu Xiao-Mei's former teacher Self - Zhu Xiao-Mei's former teacher   See fewer
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