Cairo Declaration (film)

Cairo Declaration is a 2015 Chinese 2D historical film directed by Wen Deguang and Hu Minggang and written by Liu Xing. The film stars Hu Jun, Cecilia Han, Ma Xiaowei, and Tang Guoqiang. The film was scheduled to be released on September 3, 2015.[1]

Cairo Declaration
Traditional	開羅宣言
Simplified	开罗宣言
Mandarin	Kaīluó Xuānyán
Directed by	Wen Deguang Hu Minggang
Produced by	Yu Zifei
Written by	Liu Xing
Starring	Hu Jun Cecilia Han Ma Xiaowei Tang Guoqiang
Production company	August First Film Studio CPC Chongqing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department
Release date	3 September 2015
Running time	98 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin English Japanese Russian Language

The film was promoted by the August First Film Studio to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Second Sino-Japanese War.[2]

Cast

• Isabella Charlton Zhōuxiǎolín as Mary Churchill.
• Hu Jun as Shi Jianfeng, a password cracking expert.
• Cecilia Han as Edo Eiko, Shi Jianfeng's wife.
• Carina Lau as Soong Mei-ling, first lady of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek's wife.[3]
• Joan Chen as Soong Ching-ling, Sun Yat-sen's wife, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China.
• Yu Zifei as Soong Ai-ling, H. H. Kung's wife.
• Ma Xiaowei as Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Nationalist government.
• Tang Guoqiang as Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, and author of Little Red Book.
• Daniel Krauser as Sorge, a Soviet intelligence personnel.
• Darren Grosvenor as Alexander Comstock Kirk, an American Ambassador.
• Yao Di as Huang Yiqing, an undercover of the Chinese Communist Party.
• He Zhengjun as He Yingqin, Commander in chief of the National Revolutionary Army.

Production

The principal photography on the film began on March 9, 2015 in Liangjiang International Cinema of Chongqing city.[4]

The film was shot on locations in Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing.

Criticism

The distributors issued four posters, Mao Zedong, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. Chinese internet users have questioned the move of featuring Mao, instead of Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo of the Republic of China, in the poster, since Chiang was present at the Cairo Conference, but Mao was not.[5][6][7]

Release

Theatrical release will be on September 3, 2015.

Awards and nominations

Awards	Category	Nominee	Results	Ref.
31st Golden Rooster Awards	Best Original Music Score	Ye Xiaogang	Won	[8]

References

1. "Cairo Declaration was scheduled to be released on September 3, 2015". 163.COM (in Chinese). 2015-08-20.
2. 《开罗宣言》9.3献映 纪念抗日胜利70周年. Sina (in Chinese). 2015-08-20.
3. "Stills of film "Cairo Declaration"". Xinhuanet. 2015-07-24.
4. 电影《开罗宣言》重庆开机. Takungpao.com (in Chinese). 2015-03-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
5. Tom Phillips (2015-08-17). "Bloggers ridicule Chinese film placing Mao Zedong at key wartime conference". Theguardian.com.
6. "Chinese film lambasted online for distorting history". Interaksyon.com. 2015-08-17. Archived from the original on 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
7. "Netizens question Mao image on Cairo Declaration poster". SinaEnglish. 2015-08-17.
8. "邓超范冰冰分获影帝影后《我不是潘金莲》成金鸡大赢家". ifeng (in Chinese). September 16, 2017.

External links

• Cairo Declaration at IMDb
• Cairo Declaration at Douban (in Chinese)
• Cairo Declaration at the Mtime.com (in Chinese)