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In 1913, China shot its first feature film with a script written by drama critic Zheng Zhengqiu?

In 1913, the first feature film produced in China was "A Difficult Husband and a Difficult Wife" with a script written by the drama critic Zheng Zhengqiu

1913 "A Difficult Husband and a Difficult Wife"

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When the camera meets civilized drama

"Dingjun Mountain" shot by Beijing Fengtai Photo Studio in 1905 is just a simple record of Peking Opera performance clips. It is generally believed that China's first feature film is In 1913, the film "A Difficult Husband and a Difficult Wife" was funded and distributed by the Asia Company, and Xinmin Company was responsible for the specific shooting. The film was written by Zheng Zhengqiu and directed by Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu, and all the actors were actors from Wenming Drama. Since there was a rule at that time that men and women could not share the same stage, all the female roles in the film were played by male actors. The video is now lost. According to records at the time, "A Difficult Husband and a Difficult Wife" was crudely produced, but it represented a beginning after all. It was also the first step for Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu, the legendary originators of Chinese films, to enter their film careers.

The great history of film: the story begins here

"A Difficult Husband and a Difficult Wife" - China's first feature film. This thing is huge. But when it came time to put pen to paper, it was hard to talk about it. There is only one problem: this movie is lost, how can someone tell it?

There is a wonderful article on the Internet, which spans time and space and makes you feel like you are there: "September 29, 1913, Shanghai. The movie is about to start. Zheng Zhengqiu is sitting in the front row of the Xinxin Ballroom Theater on the left He took off his thousand-degree black-ringed glasses and wiped them repeatedly. He couldn't imagine that at this moment, at the entrance of the theater, there was a surge of admiring audiences, almost like a tide. The foyer was packed. They came in droves, not to watch the fashionable dancers in Modern Dress perform Western dances, but to watch a movie called "A Hard Husband and a Hard Wife"..."

Spring and Autumn brushwork, free and easy. As exciting as it is, it can't help but give rise to fear. A certain film history commented on the directors Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhang Shichuan of "A Difficult Husband and a Difficult Wife" - two pioneers of Chinese cinema - saying that Zheng Zhengqiu was very worried about the country and the people, while Zhang Shichuan only wanted to entertain the public. The shadow of ideology has suddenly shrouded us, which is embarrassing. Perhaps, by breaking away from the trap of a certain film history and film review, this year-long special topic will have its own soul.