If I Were for Real
1981, Chinese. Directed by Wang Tung.
Taiwanese film about the dark days of the Cultural Revolution and the young people who were destroyed by it, centered on a group of students who perform Nikolai Gogol’s play The Inspector General.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
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- Released
- 21 August 1981
- Original title
- 假如我是真的
- Country
- Hong Kong, Taiwan
- Written by
- Chang Yung-hsiang
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How long is If I Were for Real?
If I Were for Real runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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Which OTT platform is If I Were for Real on?
If I Were for Real isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 August 1981. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like If I Were for Real?
If you liked If I Were for Real, try Skin, Hounddog, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains.
Who directed If I Were for Real?
If I Were for Real (1981) was directed by Wang Tung and stars Alan Tam, Nancy Hu Guan-Chen.