The Birth of New China

Sep 21, 1989

2h 43m

★ 5.9

Overview

In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on April 23 which signaled the fall of the KMT regime, Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Taiwan; on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong standing on the rostrum of Tiananmen, solemnly declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Changchun Film Studio

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Cast

毛泽东

Gu Yue

蒋介石

Sun Feihu

周恩来

Huang Kai

刘少奇

Guo Fazeng

张治中

Zhi Yitong

邓小平

Lu Qi

刘伯承

Xuecheng Fu

叶子龙

Shi Weijian

毛人凤

Liu Long

宋庆龄

Xiao Huifang

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