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| Directed by | Wu Ziniu |
| Starring | He Zhengjun Chen Kun |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | ¥20,000,000[1] |
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| Traditional Chinese | 國歌 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国歌 | ||||||
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The National Anthem orGuoge (Chinese:国歌) is a 1999Chinesehistorical drama centered on the composition of "The March of the Volunteers", the theme song to the 1935 dramaChildren of Troubled Times which was later adopted as thenational anthem of thePeople's Republic of China. The lyrics were composed bypoet andplaywrightTian Han (played byHe Zhengjun) and set to music by thecomposerNie Er (played byChen Kun in his first role). The film is noteworthy for being told from the point of view of Tian, who fell from favor during theCultural Revolution before being posthumouslyrehabilitated in the late 1970s. The movie was released to coïncide with the 50th anniversary of the PRC's founding.[2]
The timing and subject matter mirror the 1959Nie Er, a highly fictionalized version of the same events which did not even include Tian.
The film was directed byWu Ziniu on a budget of around20 millionRMB.[1] It was a flop, estimated to have lost9.93 millionRMB at the box office; the movie still managed to turn a profit for theXiaoxiang Film Studio, however, owing to its9.6 millionRMB in subsidies and a million-RMB excellence-in-filmmaking prize at theHuabiao Awards.[3] It also won a special prize from theGolden Rooster Awards and best picture at theHundred Flowers Awards.[3]
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