Published on December 16, 2021| No. 2720
"Majestic and exuberant, across the Yalu River."
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 71st anniversary of the Chinese Volunteers' going abroad to fight in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Whether it is the big screen or the small screen, film and television works set in the background of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea are emerging in an endless stream. Just tomorrow (December 17), the movie "Across the Yalu River" will also land in theaters nationwide.
Yesterday, the movie "Crossing the Yalu River" held its premiere in Beijing.
Shen Haixiong, deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department, director and editor-in-chief of the Central Radio and Television Station, attended the premiere event.
This film is produced by the Central Radio and Television Corporation, produced by the Film and Television Drama Documentary Center of the General Station, produced by the China Television Drama Production Center Co., Ltd. of the General Station, and co-produced by Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
At the premiere ceremony, Xue Jijun, a member of the editorial board of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, introduced the film with "three firsts": the first "panoramic and epic" presentation of the film works of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the first feature film produced by the general station and original self-made, and the first innovative attempt to create a film simultaneously with a high-quality TV series.
Xue Jijun
At the beginning of 2021, the 40-episode TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" was broadcast and the response was enthusiastic. The film version of "Crossing the Yalu River" condenses this magnificent epic in 154 minutes. The narrative of the film is grand, and the creators strive to show the historical process of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in a true, three-dimensional, and comprehensive manner, and complete the creation of major revolutionary historical themes.
For this "battle to establish a country", the audience has learned something from the movies "Kumgang River" and "Chosin Lake", but these films are not "panoramic" retrospectives and presentations of history, but from an individual perspective to cut into the war. In the movie "Crossing the Yalu River", the story shows the strategizing and strategic deployment of the upper echelons.
As director Dong Yachun said: "The movie "Crossing the Yalu River" is to explain this history clearly, clearly, and thoroughly from the perspective of the command and decision-making levels of the enemy and us. In what international and domestic environment was the decision to send troops? How did Peng Dehuai get ordered to lead the troops out on the verge of danger? How were the five battles and the Battle of Shangganling fought? How did the reputation of the 38th Army's 'Viva Army' come about? These details will be unfolded one by one in the film. ”
"Crossing the Yalu River" kicks off the film with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement at Panmunjom, and unfolds the reverse sequence from the perspective of Peng Dehuai, commander and political commissar of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, looking back at the beginning and end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The historical presentation in the film is extremely true, meticulous and comprehensive. In the opening scene, the film shows the background of the Cold War at that time from the international situation, depicts the ideological game between the leaders of China, the Soviet Union and the United States when they were fighting and commanding, and even joined the movement of the Kuomintang in Taiwan.
In addition to the volunteer vision, the film also added an international perspective, such as the Inchon Landing, Ridgway's succession to MacArthur, Stalin's decision to support China and other important events.
The film not only shows the full-time and spatial pattern of the two fronts and five battles in the east and west, but also presents many battle scenes with different characteristics such as raid warfare, defensive warfare, movement warfare, position warfare, tunnel warfare, etc., so that the audience realizes what kind of efforts and sacrifices the volunteers have made in order to win this war.
In terms of specific timelines, the film focuses on five battles from October 25, 1950 to June 10, 1951. The creator not only shows the cruelty of war through the situation of the volunteer army, but also humanizes the situation of the decision-making level.
In general, such films focus on the strategic thinking and battlefield strategies of proletarian revolutionaries such as Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai. The film not only shows the decisiveness of the decision-making level, but also reflects their wandering, helpless, and humane side. After the second campaign, Peng Dehuai sent a six-character telegram to the central authorities: "Hungry and hungry, cold and clothed." ”
In this regard, Chairman Mao replied with a verse from Li Bai's "Midnight Wu Ge And Autumn Song": "Chang'an is a month, the sound of thousands of households pounding clothes, the autumn wind blowing endlessly, always jade care. "The Chairman's concern for the soldiers was beyond words.
Mr. Peng wrote the toughest telegram
In North Korea, The Chairman's son, Mao Anying, was killed. Peng Dehuai sent a telegram to the central government informing him of the bad news. In the bomb shelter, he said " This is the most difficult telegram I've ever written " , grieving him. After returning to China, Mr. Peng met with the chairman and talked about the matter after a strategic report.
In the face of the death of flesh and bones, how can my father not grieve? But sacrifices on the battlefield are also a sign of loyalty to the country. Therefore, the chairman said the following sentence: "Qingshan is buried everywhere loyal bones, why should Ma Ge wrap the body back." At this time, he was both a father and the leader of a country.
The grand history, in addition to being written by great men, is also shaped by ordinary volunteer soldiers. The volunteer soldiers in front of the camera of the movie "Crossing the Yalu River" are vivid and vivid, which not only shows their patriotic spirit of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, defending the family and defending the country", but also shows their complexity.
The identity of Zeng Zesheng, the commander of the 50th Army, is complicated, because the 50th Army was reorganized from the rebel troops of the Chinese Army in the Liaoshen Campaign, which has also become Zeng Zesheng's heart disease all along. In the fourth battle, the 50th Army defended the Han River and suffered heavy casualties, but the commander Zeng Zesheng did not make any demands on Zhiji. In his heart, even if there are difficulties, he must create conditions to overcome them.
In addition, the film also shows the spirit of the volunteer soldiers who bravely endure hardships through some techniques. In the Battle of Chosin Lake, Smith of the FIRST Marine Division faced the white ice and snow, only shot one shot, did not see any movement, and turned away. But then, when his helicopter flew away, a pool of blood oozed from the snow—the soldiers of the Yang Gensi Model Company disguised themselves in the snow.
Blood in the snow
From Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army of the Volunteer Army, Zeng Zesheng, commander of the 50th Army, and Fu Chongbi, commander of the 63rd Army, to Yang Gensi, a special combat hero who rushed to the enemy group with an explosive package, Huang Jiguang, a special combat hero who blocked the enemy's gun hole with his chest, Qiu Shaoyun, a first-class combat hero who burned himself and did not expose his target, to Fan Tianen, a combat general who held his position with stones "full of hunger", and all the commanders and fighters of the 335 regiment...
The heroes stood up to the enemy's barrage of artillery fire and dense bullets, and used their flesh and blood to build an indestructible Great Wall for the people of the motherland behind them.
At the premiere scene, Ding Yongdai, the actor of Commander Peng Dehuai in the film, "ordered soldiers on the battlefield", and the "soldiers" gathered in turn, shouting "To!" The sound is like a bell and passionate, reproducing the grand majesty of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army that "sacrificed one's body to go to the country in difficulty, and regarded death as a sudden return".
【Text/He Thought】