Dead Souls
2018, Chinese. Directed by Wang Bing.
In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
- Runtime
- 8h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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Dead Souls is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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- Released
- 24 October 2018
- Original title
- 死靈魂
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Wang Bing
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Dead Souls runs 497 minutes (8h 17m).
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Dead Souls is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Dead Souls?
If you liked Dead Souls, try Behemoth, Up the Yangtze, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks.
Who directed Dead Souls?
Dead Souls (2018) was directed by Wang Bing.