The Love Eterne

The Love Eterne
Shaw Brothers film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梁山伯與祝英台
Simplified Chinese梁山伯与祝英台
Literal meaningLiang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Shānbó yǔ Zhù Yīngtái
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLoeng4 Saan1baak3 jyu5 Zuk1 Jing1toi4
Directed byLi Han Hsiang
Written byLi Han Hsiang
Produced byRun Run Shaw
StarringBetty Loh Ti
Ivy Ling Po
CinematographyTadashi Nishimoto
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Music byZhou Lanping
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 3 April 1963 (1963-04-03)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

The Love Eterne is a 1963 Hong Kong musical film of the Huangmei opera genre directed by Li Han Hsiang. An adaptation of the Chinese legend of the Butterfly Lovers, it tells of the doomed romance between the male Liang Shanbo (portrayed by actress Ivy Ling Po, who also sang the character's vocals) and the cross-dressed female Zhu Yingtai (Betty Loh Ti, with singing dubbed by Tsin Ting).

The film won 6 awards at the 2nd Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, including Best Picture. It was also selected as Hong Kong's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]

  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences