Yuan Muzhi

Yuan Muzhi (or Yuan Driven-jih , Chinese: 袁牧之) was a Acteur - Réalisateur of the République of China then of the Popular republic of China, born the March 3rd 1909 and dead the January 30th 1978.

As an actor, Yuan became very popular and acquired the nickname of “the man to the thousand faces”. It is especially known for its role in the film 风云儿女 - in English Sons and Daughters in Time Storm has off - (1935), and to have been one of the two original singers (with Gu Menghe) of the anthem the Walk of the Volunteers , drawn from the film Enfants of China (风云儿女) (1935).

Its career offered the occasion to him to pass behind the camera. Its film Malu Tianshi (1937) (in English Street Angel - the angel of the street), with in first role singer Zhou Xuan celebrates it, is always regarded as one of best films of the " second génération" Chinese cinema.

After 1949, Yuan continued to be very influential in Chinese cinema industry, contributing to the creation of the studios Dongbei, which will become the first production company controlled by the state of the Popular republic of China.

Yuan was a representative with the first popular national assembly and the political third advisory Conférence of the Chinese people.

Incomplete catalog of films

1934 : Misfortunes of youth ( Taoli jie )
1935: Bright metropolis (Of the shi feng guang)
1935: Sons and Daughters in has off Time Storm (风云儿女)
1935: Children of China (风云儿女)

See too

Chinese Cinema

External bonds

Card IMDB
Small biography of Yuan Muzhi

Reference

Harry Kuoshu (2002): Celluloid Clouded: Cinematic Encounters with Culture and Society , Southern Illinois University Close, ISBN 0-8093-2546-3

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