| Children of Troubled Times | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 風雲兒女 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 风云儿女 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Storm Sons [&] Daughters Children of the Storm | ||||||||
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| Directed by | Xu Xingzhi | ||||||||
| Written by | Tian Han Xia Yan | ||||||||
| Starring | Yuan Muzhi Wang Renmei | ||||||||
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Running time | 90 minutes | ||||||||
| Country | China | ||||||||
| Language | Mandarin | ||||||||
Children of Troubled Times, also known as Fēngyún Érnǚ, Scenes of City Life, Children of the Storm, and several other translations, is a patriotic 1935 Chinese film most famous as the origin of "The March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. The movie was directed by Xu Xingzhi and written by Tian Han and Xia Yan. Yuan Muzhi plays an intellectual who flees the trouble in Shanghai to pursue the glamorous Wang Renmei only to join the Chinese resistance after the death of his friend.