The Eight Hundred Heroes (movie)
八百壮士- Production country: China
- Producer: Yunwei Ying
- Genre: War, War
- Release date: 1/1/1938
- Run time: 53 min.
Movie description
800 Chinese soldiers guard the important warehouse district against the invading Japanese Army. Re-imagination of a famous (bordering on legendary) episode from the battle of Shanghai: 800 soldiers of the 88th regiment against what feels like the whole of Japan’s Imperial Army - think Thermopylae, Chinese version. A splendid, visually amazing gem which, in its own way, is also a last stand: of silent cinema, Shanghai style. (iffr)
