Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’
新紅樓夢
Synopsis
Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past decades. Yet this sui generis Great Wall production daringly transposes the setting to modern-day 1950s. The contemporised story revolves nonetheless around the love triangle between Jia Baoyu and his two cousins. Both girls love him but his heart belongs to only one. The ending, however, is remarkably changed to separation of the lovers as a result of war—the war that was surely still haunting the minds of the filmmakers at the time when the film was made. Not only did Great Wall pour money into building extravagant sets just so to recreate down to the smallest detail the grandeur of the legendary Jia mansion, but the film also boasted of its lavish costume designs for the diverse female cast. (From Hong Kong Film Archive)
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Griffin Yueh Feng
- Screenplay & Story
- Griffin Yueh Feng, Cao Xueqin
- Original Title
- 新紅樓夢
- Country of Origin
- Hong Kong
- Spoken Languages
- Mandarin
- Runtime
- Unknown
- Production Studios
- The Great Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd.
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Griffin Yueh Feng
Griffin Yueh Feng, Cao Xueqin
袁仰安
Department Leadership Roster
Griffin Yueh Feng
Writer
Griffin Yueh Feng
Director
袁仰安
Producer
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What is Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’ about?
Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past decades. Yet this sui generis Great Wall production daringly transposes the setting to modern-day 1950s. The contemporised story revolves nonetheless around the love triangle between Jia Baoyu and his two cousins. Both girls love him but his heart belongs to only one. The ending, however, is remarkably changed to separation of the lovers as a result of war—the war that was surely still haunting the minds of the filmmakers at the time when the film was made. Not only did Great Wall pour money into building extravagant sets just so to recreate down to the smallest detail the grandeur of the legendary Jia mansion, but the film also boasted of its lavish costume designs for the diverse female cast. (From Hong Kong Film Archive)
Who directed Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’?
Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’ was directed by Griffin Yueh Feng.
Who stars in Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’?
The principal cast of Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’ includes Li Li-Hua, Yan Jun, Ou-Yang Sha-Fei, Luo Lan, Wang Yuan-Long.
When was Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’ released and how long is it?
Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’ was released in 1952 with a total runtime of Unknown.