Chinese film was born in 1905. Over the past hundred years, there have been heavy artistic achievements in both film creation and theoretical research. This article reviews history and counts the top ten Chinese films, summarizing all the firsts in Chinese films, such as the first The movie “Dingjun Mountain”, the first fairy tale film “The Flying Shoes”, etc., let’s learn more about it together!
Top 10 of Chinese Movies
#1. China’s first movie “Dingjun Mountain”
#2. China’s first fairy tale film “The Flying Shoes”
#3. China’s first sound cartoon “Luo Tuo Xian Wu”
#4. China’s first animated feature film “The Princess of Iron Fan”
#5. China’s first color opera film “Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai”
#6. China’s first three-dimensional movie “Magician’s adventure”
#7.China’s first puppet film “Huang Di Meng”
#8. China’s first feature film “Yan Ruisheng”
#9. China’s first horror film “The Phantom Lover”
#10. China’s first dubbed film “Private Aleksandr Matrosov”
1. China’s first movie “Dingjun Mountain”
2. China’s first fairy tale film “The Flying Shoes”
3. China’s first sound cartoon “Luo Tuo Xian Wu”
4. China’s first animated feature film “The Princess of Iron Fan”
China’s first animated feature film was “The Princess of Iron Fan”, launched by the Wan brothers in 1941. It was also the first animated feature film in Asia at that time. The film tells the story of Tang Monk and his apprentice who were blocked from borrowing banana fans from the Flame Mountain. The film was born during the Anti-Japanese War. The director used Sun Wukong’s fighting spirit to inspire the Chinese people’s anti-Japanese fighting spirit. There was an original subtitle in the film: “The people rise up to fight for the final victory,” but it was forcibly cut out by the enemy and puppet censorship agencies during the screening.
5. China’s first color opera film “Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai”
China’s first color opera film was “Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai”. Among the “Best Chinese Movies” list, “Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai” is the earliest color opera film shot in my country. It is a Yue Opera art film produced by Shanghai Film Studio. It is directed by Sang Hu and Huang Sha and stars Yuan Xuefen and Fan Ruijuan. , released on August 24, 1954. The film tells the story of Zhu Yingtai, who disguised herself as a man and went to college to study, and fell in love with her classmate Liang Shanbo. However, Zhu’s father betrothed Yingtai to the Ma family. Liang Shanbo died of depression, and Yingtai died in love. The two turned into butterflies and never separated.
6. China’s first three-dimensional film “Magician’s adventure”
China’s first three-dimensional film was “Magician’s adventure”, which was produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1962. It was China’s first color three-dimensional wide-screen film, directed by the famous director Sang Hu and starring the famous performing artist Chen Qiang. The film uses custom comedy techniques to tell the story of the different life experiences of the magician Lu Fanqi before and after liberation. It gives full play to the characteristics of three-dimensional films and complements the comedy style of the film. In the same year, the film was released at the East Lake 3D Cinema and was screened for four consecutive years until the Cultural Revolution. It became a wonderful movie-watching memory for a generation of movie fans.
7. China’s first puppet film “Huang Di Meng”
China’s first puppet film was “Huang Di Meng”. “Huang Di Meng” on the list of “All Chinese Movies” was produced in 1947. It was my country’s first puppet film and was produced by Changchun Film Studio. This film uses the exaggerated technique of a puppet show to expose the darkness and corruption of the Kuomintang government. The whole film is divided into four plays, the first one: Jumping to the official position; the second one: Hanako collects gold; the third one: Dengcheng’s grand ascension; the fourth one: embattled on all sides.
8. China’s first feature film “Yan Ruisheng”
China’s first feature film was “Yan Ruisheng”, which was released in Shanghai on July 1, 1921. It was shot at the turn of the spring and summer of 1921. It is China’s first feature film and has epoch-making significance in the history of Chinese film. As one of the “Best Chinese Films” list, “Yan Ruisheng” broke the monopoly of foreign sound films on feature films, inspired Chinese films to step out of the pioneering situation, and marked the beginning of the development period of Chinese films. “Yan Ruisheng” is based on a real case in Shanghai in the past, and its movie story basically maintains the original appearance of life.
9. China’s first horror film “The Phantom Lover”
China’s first horror film was “The Phantom Lover”. In 1937, “The Phantom Lover” released by Xinhua Film Company was the first domestic horror movie to appear on Chinese screens. Not only did it create a sensation at the time, but it still has full charm today, more than half a century later. Although the film mainly shows an anti-feudal love story, in that disaster-ridden era, the film still used the past to satirize the present and carried out anti-war propaganda through songs.
10. China’s first translated film “Private Aleksandr Matrosov”
China’s first dubbed film is “Private Aleksandr Matrosov”. In the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, foreign films gradually entered the country. However, due to differences in language and culture, people often cannot understand the lines when watching, leading to an inability to understand the theme of the movie. In order to solve this problem, in September 1948, Northeast Film Studio (the predecessor of Changchun Film Studio) formally established a dubbing team, pioneering the dubbing industry in my country, and completed the first dubbing and dubbing project in China in May 1949. The first film “Private Aleksandr Matrosov”.