Classic Movie "Heroes and Children"

October 19, 2020, the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Volunteers' War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, has seen many old films about the war screened on television one after another, as well as newly filmed films in cinemas.

Regarding the films of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, I still saw them in the auditorium of the Chaoyang Banlashan Construction Factory almost 49 years ago in 1970, and there was a period of shunkou to the movies: "Korean movies cry and laugh, Vietnamese movie plane cannons, Albanian movies cuddle and hug, Chinese film news briefings", China began to close the country, all capitalist countries and Soviet revisionist movies can not be seen, only a few national films in Shunkou Slip were screened on the big screen one after another. The other thing is that the model plays are screened over and over, and no one knows what television is at that time. Listening to a movie recording clip makes you feel like a spiritual food. And when the airplane cannon and the crying and laughing and hugging movies are tired of watching, suddenly several domestic war movies and anti-special films are screened, which makes people feel very happy, and remember that the first thing I saw was the "Heroes and Children" that I still like to watch, this movie is a little different from the movie plot that I have seen before and the movie I have seen later, I feel that the beginning part of the movie has entered the climax, a little bit in front of the padding, it has entered the state of war, and then the story of the flat and straight story unfolds, when I was a child, I like to watch the war, For the follow-up emotional scene, it feels not as intense and wonderful as before, and although it is also a volunteer attack at the end, it is not too addictive, and the following is the feeling of watching this movie for decades.

At the beginning of the movie, many people encountered air raids, everyone avoided, in a small river, the protagonist Wang Cheng and his sister Wang Fang, when they met when they dodged bombing under the small tree, Wang Fang turned back to reveal that sweet and cute and beautiful face, when she was young, she felt that she was really a goddess, at that time I felt that this Wang Fang was really beautiful, black and white movies but could not hide her beautiful face, although I was a seven-year-old boy, the smiley face that turned around and showed a beautiful smile, which I will never forget, Wang Commissar's jeep on the highway, Encountering the bomb crater blown up by the enemy bomber, the car could not pass, many North Korean women filled the crater with stones above their heads, for the first time learned that the North Koreans often put objects on their heads, and later on the yalu River in Dandong, they saw the real Korean women, really a huge basin full of cabbage, and also on the top of the head on foot transportation, the North Korean grandfather beckoned everyone to carry the jeep over the crater, during which time Commissar Wang Cheng met Wang Cheng, talked about family affairs, and learned that his father Wang Fubiao was an old worker in Shanghai and was once his underground party comrade-in-arms.

When he arrived at the front line, Wang Cheng was injured and could not go to the front line, and when he was depressed, he saw the large troops pulling out of the front line, a comrade-in-arms greeted Wang Cheng, Wang Cheng picked up a gun to keep up with the large troops, rushed to the front line, may be to see the movie clip version is different, and then look at this paragraph seems to be gone, I feel that the original version is very simple and real, when the large troops marched, Wang Fang and other civilian workers, on the side of the road for the soldiers to play bamboo board drumming shots are also classic shots.

Wang Cheng went to the front line, the commander directed him to defend the nameless heights, he arrived at the nameless highlands, only a dying comrade-in-arms confessed the situation of his position, Wang Cheng alone held the position, gathered a lot of weapons and ammunition together, put on his own walkie-talkie, contacted the command post, and single-handedly repelled the enemy's many attacks, the command post Wang political commissar and The commander of the Zhang regiment were in a hurry to turn around, and must hold the nameless heights, and the operator shouted again and again, "203, 203, I am Yan'an, I am Yan'an, please answer", the versions are different I remember that the original version was "Yangtze River, Yangtze River, I am the Yellow River, I am the Yellow River, please answer", Wang Cheng's voice came from the opposite side, "Closer, closer, open the cannon", and then there was the sound of Wang Cheng and the enemy fighting, listening to the heart-wrenching, he finally shouted to the walkie-talkie with all his might, "For victory, shoot at me", the hero's shot is really very touching, and finally he pulled out a blaster from the enemy, pulled open the fuse and jumped into the enemy's crowd, he held the image of the blaster Behind it is the light of the sun, glaring ahead, jumping up, and the shot of dying with the enemy is the wonderful moment of that movie, too touching and shocking, when I was young, I thought that the square characters generally could not be sacrificed, and asked the adult Wang Cheng to sacrifice? When he saw that later, when Commissar Wang showed Wang Fang a photo, he confirmed that Wang Cheng had sacrificed.

The plot after Wang Cheng's sacrifice as a child does not seem to be addictive, but after watching it many times, I feel that every plot after this is so unforgettable, especially the stirring "Hero Hymn", which is still sung or sounds exciting and exciting, and is always applicable to any country in any era, Wang Fang went to the front line to comfort the cooking class, covered the cooking class comrades who were injured, and then moved to the rear to encounter enemy aircraft bombing, North Korea's Abba Ji carried a stretcher across the river, and was strafed and injured by enemy aircraft. Political Commissar Wang and Commander Zhang stood in the mountain pass, heard the distant cannon sound, recounted the family history, it was a temporary leisure moment of the war, and the military commander and the political commissar talked at night, different clips of different stories, the conversation between the political commissar and the military commander suggested that their guard Xiao Liu could go to the front, Xiao Liu listened happily from the bed, said it was too good, but some versions of this section are gone, Wang Cheng's father and the condolence group went to the Korean front to comfort the volunteers, at that time for the first time to see the Korean head swaying streamer dance, Wang Fubiao saw the Wang political commissar, The two old friends reunited on the Korean front, Wang Fang returned to the front line after recovering from his injuries, and met with her father Wang Fubiao, Wang Fubiao was about to talk to her biological father, she walked up to the political commissar Who thought she was the chief, "Report chief, Wang Fang returned to the team" Father Wang Fubiao introduced to her This is Wang Wenqing, who I often mention with you, he is your biological father, Wang Fang can't speak out excitedly, Wang Fubiao came over and said, "You not only have a worker's father, but also a revolutionary father", the movie ends with the great counterattack of the volunteer army. Xiao Liu, the political commissar's guard, also rushed to the battlefield, and when he rushed through the barbed wire, he was lying on the barbed wire in spite of himself, and his comrades stepped on him and rushed to the enemy.

The above is the approximate plot of this movie, it can be said that the actors at that time acted really amazingly, Liu Shilong played by Wang Cheng, is simply Wang Chengren, a look is a heroic warrior, feel a bit fixed, and then watch his movie, always think of Wang Cheng's image, "Liu Sanjie" in A Niu, how to see is not so, that movie was filmed before "Heroes and Children", and I saw when it was the late 70s, the old movie was broadcast in the era, see A Niu felt that there was no Wang Chengshuai, In fact, before the Cultural Revolution, he starred in the "Hongyan" in the postman, is still very real and good-looking, the image of the old hunter played by Fang Hua is particularly touching, before climbing the snowy mountain, told the postman, "the hunter, the least like disobedient people, follow me to grab my belt, must not let go" The postman listened to his words, did not let go at the mouth of the wind, worked hard to the peak, sent the letter to the recipient, in that film Liu Shilong played a particularly natural and lively, The dedicated little postman seems to be playing the people around you, and the article commemorating Liu seems to have forgotten this movie, remembering Wang Cheng and Ah Niu. Later in Li Moran's anti-special film "Bear Trace" only played a small supporting role, that movie is based on the real Soviet KGB incident in China, the real event media reported, quite sensational, in fact, this kind of espionage activities happen all the time, but at that time Sino-Soviet relations were not good, the Chinese side deliberately exposed the Soviet spy activities, and later the media also exposed the KGB to the issue of male and female relations, threatening the diplomatic personnel of the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union, wanting to develop into KGB spies, the result of which Chinese diplomats ignored, Reporting directly to the embassy, the Soviet side was humiliated. In that movie, I felt that Liu had reached middle age, did not have the handsomeness of his youth, and then there was no more influential work, occasionally appeared at the Spring Festival Gala, making the old audience nostalgic, the first two years died, his Wang Cheng warrior image, I feel that in the movies filmed in the mainland, there has not yet been a transcendent, and Tang Guoqiang, who played the brother in the movie "Little Flower", feels that many are imitating the predecessors.

Wang Fang's actor now knows that director Xie Jin recommended to the film director Wu Zhaodi, in the Beijing Film Academy wrote into the occasional see Liu Shangxian, feel that it is Wang Fang in the script, Wu Zhaoti is having a headache about this matter, has tried several actors, including several actors who later starred in the supporting role of The Korean girl in the movie, are not very satisfied, Xie Jin immediately informed him, to the Beijing Film Academy to find Liu Shangxian who has only seen one side, Wu Zhaodi is also very satisfied, Liu became famous, but unfortunately did not catch up with the good times, This film shot in 1964, two years later is the Cultural Revolution, Liu lost a full 10 years, there is no movie to shoot, and then came out to shoot "Roar, Yellow River" Starring Zhang Ruifang, the movie is really not worth mentioning, if you catch up with the good times and good society, maybe she will become China's Audrey. Hepburn, she was my goddess as a child.

Tian Fang, the actor of Political Commissar Wang, is one of the most brilliant here, his resolute eyes, really the style of the commander, very general demeanor, full of hatred for the enemy, the order to use a resolute tone to "give me a fierce blow", Tian Fang would have become a big star of Zhao Dan, Liu Qiong, and Blue Horse in Shanghai, but he threw himself into the revolution early, went to the Liberated Areas, and later has been responsible for literary and art propaganda work, his performance is natural, there is no bit of official shelf, the temperament is extraordinary, he and Liu Shangxian are both Shanghainese, Temperament has a unique aristocratic atmosphere of Shanghainese, note that aristocratic temperament does not refer to some people's kind of tone, pretending to be on top, so seeing him feels very kind, his other identity is "Eternal Life in the Fire" Jiang Jie played by Yu Lan's husband, they cooperated in a film "Revolutionary Family", but unfortunately he only showed one or two sides, the other is the father of China's fifth-generation director Tian Zhuangzhuang, but unfortunately such a talent was persecuted to death during the Cultural Revolution. Tian Zhuangzhuang recalled that before he left Beijing and was about to go to the mountains and go to the countryside, he went to the laogai farm to see his father's scene, found a place, and said to the guards that he wanted to see Tian Fang, and the guards said impatiently, Wait a minute. Tian Fang came out, saw his son, the two were silent at first, and then Tian Fang instructed his children, after paying attention, it was up to you, the meeting time was not long, Tian Fang went back, Tian Zhuangzhuang sat on the side of the road near the farm and smoked a cigarette for an hour, when Tian Zhuangzhuang suddenly felt that he had grown up, his father's words "rely on yourself", Tian Zhuangzhuang went to the countryside to repair the earth, and then returned to the city to go to school, became a big director, was frozen and was not allowed to shoot films, to thaw, I think the fifth generation of directors did not play all the talents in their bodies, maybe the social and era restrictions, there is no way, Tian Zhuangzhuang a few years ago remade the fried Republic of China Fei Mu old movie "Spring in a Small Town" cold rice, it can be said that it is not salty, not light, lifeless, last year also in the "My Motherland and Me" Chen Kaige director of the film played the Mongolian grandfather, five stories do not know what this story to say, Tian may be very talented, but may not be able to play, play a role in Chen Kaige's movie, although he acted very well, But the story itself is confusing. During the filming of "Heroes and Children", Tian Fang helped director Wu Zhaodi and young actors such as Liu Shilong and Liu Huixian a lot. It was really an elderly gesture, and Er Liu later recalled that Elder Tian's help was really too great and beneficial. Pity a generation.

Zhang Tuanchang played by Guo Zhenqing, originally played by Li Xiangyang, the remake of "Guerrilla on the Plains" during the Cultural Revolution and the difference between him and his shooting is not a star and a half, in addition to Fang Hua acting as a devil, no actor deserves praise, and then he was a dock worker in "Gate Six", during the Cultural Revolution, perhaps the family was born well, not much affected, during the Cultural Revolution in the early 1972 release of the four films in the "Sunny Days", he played the supporting role of the production captain, and later played the big old and rough principal in the Cultural Revolution red film "Rupture", the movie is very absurd, But his appearance is still very good, the film is the most famous is Ge You's father Ge Cunzhuang's "horse tail function", and later starred in "Station", I feel that copying the Japanese film of the same name by Ken Takakura, in this film, he acted very well, I feel that he starred in the 38th Army Commander Liang Xingchu should be the most appropriate, are a big old look, and now in another world.

Pu Ke, the actor of the North Korean grandfather Abba Ji, although there are not many scenes in it, but it is very brilliant, but knowing pu Ke as an actor, I feel that he still plays the role of Ma Zhiyue, the villain played in "Sunny Days", and thinks that he played that film really well, the landlord Ma Xiao pigtail wanted to kill Xiao Changchun, was stopped by him, hid the knife in the pigsty, when watching "Sunny Day", at that time hated ma Xiao Pigtail, such a landlord, and later killed Xiao Changchun's son Xiao Shi, after the reform and opening up, it was revealed that the so-called rich people anti-bad right, are artificially pulled out of the hierarchy, The landlords and rich peasants were persecuted and cornered, people were forced into corners, a lot of irrational things will happen, once when we went to primary school, we went to school to learn the textbook "Liu Literature", when I went to school, I felt that Liu Literature was really great, dared to fight with the landlord and was killed, the landlord's sin deserved to die, the actual situation is that the landlord's family really can't open the pot, come out in the middle of the night to steal some grain, Liu Literature found that he wanted to shout people, the landlord felt that he was caught, the future is endless criticism, the family must be not good, he strangled Liu Literature with a dead hand, I drew a dialogue between two people on the illustration in the textbook, and the absent-minded class teacher Sun Ping at the same table stood up and exposed me, which seemed to be a new trend in the class struggle, Teacher Zheng came to see it, felt that there was not much of a problem, and said that he wiped it with an eraser, and the dog forced the class leader not to fart again.

Playing the old worker Wang Fubiao is a long-shadow veteran actor Zhou Wenbin, before that in "Jia Wu Fengyun", played Fang Boqian, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, a Kuomintang officer in "The Daughter of the Party", and was also an old drama bone. There are also those operators, staff officers, North Korean girls, big chefs, some of them are passing by, but the performances are all wonderful.

Here I want to mention the singer of "Hero Hymn", at that time you may not have her name in the subtitles of the cast, have found several people to sing, found Zhang Yingzhe, she also sang many times, and then said to herself, I am at the level, when the actor did not try to make a name, it was good to organize the completion of the task, and then the director listened repeatedly, and felt that her singing voice was the best, and the film used her.

More than 60 years after the smoke of the Korean War dissipated this year, no matter how history evaluates that war, the movie "Heroes and Children" in my mind will always be a classic.