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The First Emperor of China
198942 minFilm: Fiction
Direction: Tony IanzeloLiu Hao Xue
Production: Barrie HowellsPan Han CiMargaret WongWong Guo RenColin NealeMa Ji Long
Script: Wong Ji ChengLiu Yun HuiRobert Duncan
Co-produced by the NFB and China Xi'an Film Studio with the collaboration of China Film Coproduction Corporation and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
The story of Qin Shihuang, who conquered six powerful warring states to unify the vast territory of China. In 221 B.C., Qin declared himself emperor of all China. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China which to this day stretches over 2400 kilometers. Although Qin's empire survived his own death in 210 B.C. by only thirty-six months, his legacy did not perish. From the grandiose inner sanctum of Emperor Qin's royal palace, to fierce battles with feudal kings, this historical drama re-creates the glory and the terror of the Qin Dynasty. The film includes the first documentary footage of Qin's life-sized terra cotta army, constructed almost 2,200 years ago for his tomb. The imperial system he created has endured for thousand of years, proving to be the world's most durable political structure.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government > AsiaPortraits
- Developing Countries > ChinaPolitics, Government and HistoryPortraits
- Archaeology > Foreign CountriesPrehistoric Life
- History > Historic PeopleWorld History
- Social Studies > Comparative Civilizations
- Civics/Citizenship > Ideologies
- History and Citizenship Education > Neolithic Civilization to the Renaissance
- History > World History
Credits
- director
- Tony Ianzelo
- Liu Hao Xue
- producer
- Barrie Howells
- Pan Han Ci
- associate producer
- Margaret Wong
- Wong Guo Ren
- executive producer
- Colin Neale
- Ma Ji Long
- Barrie Howells
- Pan Han Ci
- script
- Wong Ji Cheng
- Liu Yun Hui
- screenplay
- Robert Duncan
- camera
- Ernest McNabb
- Savas Kalogeras
- Susan Trow
- sound
- Claude Beauchemin
- editing
- Roger Hart
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- Danuta Klis
- narrator
- Christopher Plummer
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
- Zhao Ji Ping
- cast
- Bo Guan Jin
- Wang Guang Hui
- Wang Guo Ren
- Ma Kun
- Cui Luo Wen
- Wen Qian
- Sun Wei
- Yang Ya Zhou
- Yang Zhi Ping