In the Face of Demolition (movie)
危樓春曉- Production country: Hong Kong
- Producer: Lee Tit
- Production companies: Union Film Production
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 11/26/1953
- Run time: 130 min.
Movie description
This early leftist social drama from Hong Kong offers a panoramic portrait of a crumbling apartment complex and its down-and-out denizens, including a taxi driver, an unemployed teacher, a professional reduced to selling his blood and, of course, a venal landlord. In addition to establishing an omnipresent theme in Hong Kong cinema – the plight of the urban poor – the film is also a prime example of the popular melodramas of the time, which featured displaced Mainland film stars.
