Speaking of the domestic children's anti-war TV series "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", presumably many 80s and 90s will not be strangers, the work starring Xie Mengwei has left a deep impression in the hearts of many people, even now, after becoming the anchor, he is still called "Gazi" by netizens, which also brings a lot of cargo traffic to Xie Mengwei
For the older generation of audiences, the most classic version of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" is not Xie Mengwei, but the film version of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" filmed and released in 1963, when this drama caused a huge sensation in China, and it was also the pioneering work of children's anti-war film and television dramas
In particular, the image of lao luo and gazi, played by actors Zhang Ying and Angis, is impressive, even after the tv version appears, the audience who has seen the old version of the movie still thinks that their combination is the most classic, especially the old Luo uncle Zhang Ying, his performance in the movie into three points, presenting a flesh and blood Communist Party member image, known as "Luo Jinbao in reality"
In July 1927, Zhang Ying was born in Kaiyuan County, Tieling, Liaoning, due to the family situation is very difficult, Zhang Ying's childhood is almost on the way to follow her father to work, cultural knowledge is not much, only a few days of night school and private school, from childhood labor let him develop a hard-working and simple character, Zhang Ying from the age of 10 to go out to study and work, until adulthood work is very hard, in the difficult years, he worked as a porter, stevedor, builder and cleaner, although life is very difficult, but with his own labor, Zhang Ying has been living a very full life
After having a certain income, Zhang Ying began to have a high desire for 1 knowledge, he believed that books can change his destiny, so after work, whether it was borrowed from friends or bought at the bookstore, Zhang Ying seized all the time to make up for tuition, and finally was admitted to a local secondary school, in 1947, 20-year-old Zhang Ying entered the school for further study, and with excellent physique and appearance, entered the school drama troupe performance, which is also Zhang Ying's first contact with the performance industry
As the war intensified, Zhang Ying's quiet life in school was broken, he was inspired to join the revolutionary army, and used his experience in the drama troupe to write plays for the soldiers, singing and acting dramas to boost morale, from the War of Resistance Against Japan to the War of Liberation, Zhang Ying has been active in the front line of the war, and the classic scripts created by his hands are as high as hundreds of paragraphs
After the founding of New China in 1949, the domestic film and television industry was in ruins to be revived, after the establishment of the Changchun Film Factory, Zhang Yingcai, who has rich theater experience, officially contacted the film industry and became an actor, he has participated in many classic red revolution films, "White Haired Girl", "Young Luban", "Plain Guerrilla" have his figure, and after 6 years of learning to shoot, he felt deeply inexperienced and pushed off all his work again and entered the Beijing Film Academy for further study
Nearly 40 years old, Zhang Ying still sees herself as a primary school student on the road of acting, such a spirit is touching, and it is precisely the high standard requirements for herself, Zhang Ying was immediately selected as the first candidate for Luo Jinbao in the film version of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" after graduating from college, because the director of this drama, Cui Wei, believes that Zhang Ying's character and image are very in line with Luo Jinbao's setting as a positive character
After the male number two was determined, it was difficult for Cui Wei, the actor of Gazi, because this movie requires that the male protagonist not be too old, extroverted at the same time must also have a certain military foundation, so before the opening of the movie, "Zhang Gazi" Angis was determined, Angis is an Inner Mongolian actor, although the age is very small, but the appearance is heroic, and there is a certain shooting and riding foundation
Of course, Angis is not everything, for example, he grew up in the grasslands can not swim, for this problem, or Zhang Ying took the initiative to stand up, ten days before the start of shooting, Zhang Ying conducted one-on-one training for Angis, the explanation of each action is very patient, and Angis was originally very scared to go to the mainland alone, until he met Zhang Ying, he felt at ease like a relative
In less than half a month, under the careful care of the crew and Zhang Ying, Angis is already an excellent Baiyangdian diving master, and the crew in the difficult period is very simple, there is not much intrigue, Angis and the children involved in the shooting are almost happily completed under the care of the whole crew, until the film is released, the crew actors who do not have too many means of communication gradually break off contact
Although they have been separated, Zhang Ying is still very concerned about Angis, and even wrote several times to greet this little guy, but he did not expect that this little actor he liked very much would be the last straw that overwhelmed his life
In 1964, a special period in China came, a large number of intellectuals and industry celebrities were persecuted, including many members of the "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" crew were also beaten into five categories, subject to reform, especially Zhang Ying as one of the main actors, the fame in the country is booming, the more severe the punishment, what is more unexpected is that in the process of violence against himself, Zhang Ying also saw the small Gazi in the original crew
Despite the difficult years, this blow was huge for Zhang Ying, who was extremely painful inside, and his body became weaker and weaker under long hours of labor and psychological pressure, and finally in 1969, before the dawn of the country, he fell into the cowshed, leaving only his wife and three children who were still young, at the age of 45
Not long after Zhang Ying's death, the country was greatly rectified, Zhang Ying's wife also got the compensation and status she deserved, although she lost her husband, for the sake of her children, she went out to work alone to earn money, survived the most difficult years, and later out of the thought of her husband, Zhang Ying's wife also wrote a book to commemorate this good actor who passed away
After 2000, Zhang Ying's wife was interviewed by the media, and when she talked about the gazi brother incident, she obviously looked away, and said that she was unwilling to be too harsh on him, because everyone made mistakes, not to mention that gazi at that time was only a child, it was easy to be seduced, even a considerable part of the adults could not keep calm, and even she hoped that gazi could put down the baggage, forget about this matter, and continue to live a good life
From a personal point of view, even if he has spent half a life of ups and downs, Zhang Ying's wife still chooses to forgive Angis, but for the parties, whether Angis can feel at ease, only he knows
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