The Dream of the Ancient Capital

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Overview

This film depicting the lives of ordinary people — street peddlers, poor scholars, and young revolutionaries — reflects the culturally progressive political climate of that pre-War, post-May the 4th era.

Cast: Chen Yanyan, Cho-cho Lam, Ruan Lingyu, Ruilin Wang, Zhenzhen Cai, more

Director: Sun Yu

Genres: Drama

Cast

Chen Yanyan

Cho-cho Lam

Huilan Wang

Ruan Lingyu

Yanyan

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Ruilin Wang

Jiajie Zhu

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Zhenzhen Cai

Yinggu Zhu

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Keke Chen

Pugu Zhu

Jiqun Liu

Changyuan Wu

Mei Lanfang

Ji Yu

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Huizhu Luo

Yu Hong

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