I and my father Zhao Dan

Author: Zhao Qing
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Publish Date: 1998-01-01
Features: In the contemporary Chinese film industry, few could match Zhao Dan's dramatic rise and fall with a legendary aura. By the 1930s, he was already renowned both domestically and internationally. In the 1950s, his film The Biography of Wu Xun caused a stir across the nation. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai paid special attention to him, while Sheng Shicai, Jiang Qing, and Kang Sheng once imprisoned him. As for his private emotional world, outside rumors swirled. Zhao Qing observes his beloved father through the eyes of his daughter, describing a vivid Zhao Dan with heartfelt words—a talented, charming, passionate, and emotionally tormented Zhao Dan, a man completely devoted to the art of cinema, leaving behind a lifetime of regrets for failing to fulfill his dream of portraying Zhou Enlai and Lu Xun.