Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (1970)
Premiere 3 Dec 1970 | 智取威虎山 | 129 min | Adventure Drama Music War History
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Taking Tiger Mountain was the very first model film produced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Set during the civil war in 1946, it follows a detachment of the People's Liberation Army in Mandchuria as they are fighting a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. Based on a novel from the 50s, Taking Tiger Mountain was first a revolutionary opera before being made into film by director Xie Tieli.