The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

Name: The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Director: Chen Mei-juin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000-02-15
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Alan Chow, Sergei Eisenstein, Douglas Fairbanks, Mei Lanfang, Mao Zedong

2000

57m

Documentary

Director: Chen Mei-juin

Writers: Ross Blaufarb, Bronwyn Barkan

Overview

The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fame came from the portrayal of women. His fascinating life was the basis for the feature film Farewell My Concubine.