Where was The Last Emperor filmed?
1987 film, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
- Beijing
The story is set in Shanghai, about 663 miles (1,067 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Shanghai; Forbidden City; Manchukuo; Tianjin
- Filmed in
- Beijing
- Distance
- About 663 miles (1,067 km) between Shanghai and the nearest filming location.
About The Last Emperor
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- Released
- 1987
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast
- John LoneJoan ChenPeter O'TooleYing RuochengVictor WongRyuichi SakamotoVivian WuCary-Hiroyuki TagawaLisa LuDennis Dun
- Genre
- DramaBiographicalHistoricalEpic
- Based on
- The First Half of My Life
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Picture; David di Donatello for Best Film; César Award for Best Foreign Film; Academy Award for Best Director and 10 more
The story
By 1950, the 44-year-old Puyi, former Emperor of China, has been in custody for five years since his capture by the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.
After telling him that the previous emperor had died earlier that day, Cixi tells Puyi that he is to be the next emperor.
In 1919, Reginald Johnston is appointed as Puyi's tutor and gives him a Western-style education, and Puyi becomes increasingly desirous to leave the Forbidden City.
Famous lines from The Last Emperor
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
I want a car.Puyi, age 15
Does he have a car?Puyi, age 15
Ah, like Mr. Lenin in Russia?Puyi, age 15
Who is this George Washington?Puyi, age 15
I was responsible for everything.Puyi
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