The Last Emperor [eFilm]
2024
Streaming Video
Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece won nine Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Director), and remains one of the greatest historical dramas ever put to film. This sweeping cinematic spectacle follows the tumultuous life of Pu Yi, the last Chinese emperor, from his elite origins in the Forbidden City - where a new English tutor (Peter O'Toole) opens the boy's mind to the outside world - to his forced abdication in 1912 and his return to the throne under Japanese rule. Inextricably intertwined with the history of modern-day China, the story ends with the once-privilege emperor living a working-class life under communist rule.
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Author:
Bertolucci, Bernardo, film directorChen, Joan, actorLone, John, actorO'Toole, Peter, actorUmbrella Entertainment (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Work:
Imprint:
Umbrella Entertainment, 1987.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (163 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Umbrella Entertainment in 1987.
Performers:
Joan Chen, John Lone, Peter O'Toole
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
821022
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