| Red River Valley | |
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| Directed by | Feng Xiaoning |
| Written by | Feng Xiaoning |
| Produced by | Shanghai Film Studio |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jin Fuzai |
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Running time | 115 min. |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin / English |
Red River Valley (Chinese: 红河谷; pinyin: Hóng hégǔ) is a 1997 film directed by Feng Xiaoning about the British expedition to Tibet, starring Paul Kersey and Ning Jing. It was also released under the title A Tale of the Sacred Mountain. A book by Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming's brother, is credited in the movie.[1] In 1961, Fleming published Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904.
The film won numerous prizes at China's three main award ceremonies: Huabiao, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers.
The film's production was part of an official Chinese government effort - also reflected in the national curriculum - to incorporate the expedition to Tibet into the story of the century of humiliation narrative that China suffered at the hands of Western and Japanese invaders and commercial interests.[2]
- ^ IMDb entry. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "China Seizes on a Dark Chapter for Tibet", by Edward Wong, The New York Times, August 9, 2010 (August 10, 2010 p. A6 of NY ed.). Retrieved 2010-08-11.