The Last Emperor 15

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Duration:
160 mins
Year produced:
1987
Director:
Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast:
John Lone
Joan Chen
Peter O Toole

Imagine being made ruler of an entire country at the age of three! That's what happened in the 1900s to the real-life Pu Yi, the last emperor of China. Barely out of nappies, the poor little kid had his entire life mapped out for him - first as a sovereign leader and then, when China became a republic, as an exploited puppet. This visually sumptuous epic tells Pu Yi's astonishing story in flashback, using his life as a mirror to reflect China's turbulent transition from a feudal nation to the country it is today. (Subtitled)

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A total of 19,000 extras were needed to make The Last Emperor.

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