Behind the cliff

In order to create a spy war drama that is different from the past, the creative staff personally went to Harbin to "hide" for three months, and conducted a lot of historical research and field visits. Every gun, every radio station, every instrument of torture and every common life scene in the play can stand the test. Supported by a large number of historical materials, Cliff also reveals some historical unsolved cases, such as the well-known mystery of "Ussuri Tiger", the suspicious events of Minsheng Group and the true colors of mysterious organizations such as * * * international special departments, which add a lot of gimmicks to the sharp increase of this spy war. The whole shooting process of Cliff was completed in the real scene, involving eight locations before and after. In more than half a year, I traveled to eight cities in China, from Wuchang to Hailin, Harbin, Dalian, Sujiatun Railway Station in Shenyang, Shenyang Railway Museum and finally to Shanghai. Among them, Harbin and Dalian traveled twice, completely in order to get the real scene in line with the season in the play. Trying to create a different and truest spy war life in the period of the Puppet Manchukuo, the whole drama is full of the real flavor of the Puppet Manchukuo era. Zhang Jiayi not only played the leading role, but also volunteered to be the artistic director of the play, trying the role behind the scenes for the first time. Cliff devoted himself to the costume design of Mei Lanfang and the photographer of bodyguards and assassins, which made the costume and scene design of the characters in the play conform to the original historical appearance and have artistic flavor. There is no narration in the whole play, and the story is told entirely by the lens and the movements of the characters. It adopts the creative technique of Hollywood, completely abandons narration, and tells the story of spy war between different forces with character movements and lens language. Two endings were prepared for the series. Zhou Yi, the protagonist, was killed by a gun when he was broadcast by David Three, and a warm ending was specially edited in the second broadcast version of CCTV, which changed Zhou Yi's final fate. Zhang Jiayi plays the underground agent Zhou Yi in the play, and his superb acting left a deep impression on the audience and netizens. Zhang Jiayi said: "This is a TV series that I cry the most." Cliff has won the recognition of the audience and netizens for its profound and humanized performance, and is called the most tearful spy war drama.