The film "1921", produced and directed by Huang Jianxin and co-directed by Zheng Dasheng, released posters of members of the Foreign Chinese Society on May 10, and also released the actors in this progressive group. Among them, Zhang Ruoyun, Zhang Youhao, and Zhao Yiqin played the young Liu Shaoqi, Ren Bishi and Xiao Jinguang respectively; Cao Jun, Gao Rongfang, Liu Enjia, Liu Zheer, Luo Zekai, and Xu Xiaolu played the progressive workers in the society (all sorted by name pinyin). As the "red cradle" for cultivating revolutionary cadres at that time, the Foreign Chinese Society was rarely presented in the past films and television works of the same type.
Poster of the movie "1921" "Group to Russia"
Unveiling the "Red Cradle" of Revolutionary Cadres
In the 1920s, the Chinese revolution was in full swing, and there was a little-known community organization that silently cultivated reserve forces for the Chinese Communist Party, which was the Foreign Chinese Society. It mainly provides an environment for young people to come to Shanghai to learn revolutionary theoretical knowledge and foreign languages, and to carry out revolutionary practice under the leadership of the Shanghai Communist Group.
Some of the important characters in the film have taught at this school, such as Li Da teaching Japanese and Li Hanjun teaching French, and the film recreates a scene where Li Da teaches progressive workers to learn Japanese.
As a place for early Chinese communists to explore ways to save the country and save the people, the Foreign Chinese Society not only learned foreign languages, but also disseminated advanced Marxist theories to students. Li Hanjun's translation of "Introduction to Marx's "Capital" and Chen Wangdao's translation of "The Communist Manifesto" are both required books for students. In his youth, Liu Shaoqi, Ren Bishi, Xiao Jinguang and others all studied here and were sent to Soviet Russia to further study Marxist theory. Since the early organization of the Shanghai Communist Party was in a state of secrecy and needed a place to carry out revolutionary activities, the Foreign Chinese Society openly ran schools on the surface, essentially covering the revolution and providing an important venue for revolutionary work.
In the movie "1921", Li Da teaches progressive workers to learn Japanese
Visit the old Yuyang to restore the "cornice walking wall" beautiful talk
For participating in such a film of great historical significance, making sufficient preparations is the "only way" for each actor before shooting. In the filming of "1921", Liu Shaoqi's lines contained a large section of Russian, and Zhang Ruoyun practiced hard. Between shooting on set, he often hid in a corner alone and talked to himself. When the filming was official, even the Russian teachers present were amazed at his language talent and level of effort.
There is also a scene in the movie where Liu Shaoqi, Ren Bishi, Xiao Jinguang and Li Qihan "parkour" on the rooftop. At that time, the screenwriter and director tried to make the plot of the script more realistic and vivid, and visited the old site of the Chinese Society in and out of old Yuyang many times. They heard experts in the museum say that in the early 1920s, the Foreign Chinese Society was in a state of secret dissemination of communist theories and often encountered crises. During a French patrol to inspect the school, Liu Shaoqi and other young students were quickly evacuated through the roof. Therefore, the screenwriter and director inquired about the historical materials based on this legendary story, enriched it, and created the plot of the successful evacuation of the four young people in the film" "flying over the wall", which added drama and watchability to the film. This plot also tested the coordination and physical strength of several actors when interpreted. When filming the patrol and breaking into the Outer Chinese Society, Ou Hao, Zhang Ruoyun, Zhang Youhao, and Zhao Yiqin not only quickly ran up the steep steps to avoid the patrol, but also climbed over the fence on the roof of the building.
In the movie "1921", Zhang Youhao played Ren Bishi and Zhao Yiqin played Xiao Jinguang
The movie "1921" is produced by Tencent Pictures Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Sanyuan Film Co., Ltd., China Film Co., Ltd., Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd., Central Party School Dayou Film and Television Center, Tianjin Maoyan Micro Shadow Culture Media Co., Ltd., Huanya Film Production Co., Ltd., Wuxi Qiku Network Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Jiushi Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Tianjin Yuwen Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., Xinli Media Group Co., Ltd., Jointly produced by Huawen Imaging (Beijing) Film Co., Ltd., Beijing Great Wall Womei Cinema Line Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Xingyi Cinema Management Co., Ltd., it will be released nationwide on July 1.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Zhang Yi Photo Editor: Xu Jiamin
Source: Author: Zhong Han