The Test of Blood and Fire
1979, Chinese. Directed by Gao Zhiyi & Wang Zhijie.
In 1925, Gao Fengchun and his girlfriend He Li returned from studying in the UK, determined to save the country through medicine. They came to Dingzhou, a mountain city in western Fujian, to open a poor relief clinic. In the Wangjiang Tower, Gao Fengchun, He Li and their young friend Wang Zhanfei and Fang Liang, a student movement leader who recently met, debated how to save the country. In the bloody storm of counter-revolution, Gao Fengchun’s religious enlightenment teacher Charlie took off his disguise, Wang Zhanfei betrayed the revolution, Gao Fengchun’s hospital was destroyed, and He Li was deceived back to Shanghai. After a series of changes, Gao Fengchun's ideal of saving the nation through medicine was completely shattered. In the baptism of blood and fire, he gained a new life and plunged into the torrent of revolution.
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- 1h 44m
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- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 1979
- Original title
- 血与火的洗礼
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- China
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The Test of Blood and Fire (1979) was directed by Gao Zhiyi and Wang Zhijie and stars Chen Shaoze, Mu Huaihu, Yu Fei.