Ye ban ge sheng
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Ye ban ge sheng |
| Country of production | China |
| original language | Mandarin |
| Publishing year | 1937 |
| length | 113 minutes |
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| Director | Ma-Xu Weibang |
| script | Ma-Xu Weibang |
| production | Zhang Shankun |
| music | Xian Xinghai |
| camera |
Yu Xingsan , Xue Boqing |
| cut | Chen Yinqing |
| occupation | |
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Ye ban ge sheng ( Chinese 夜半歌声 , Pinyin Yè bàn gē shēng ; English title Song at Midnight ) is a Chinese feature film by Ma-Xu Weibang from 1937. The film is based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux and applies as the first ever Chinese horror film .
action
The celebrated opera singer Song Danping falls in love with Xia, the beautiful daughter of a warlord. To stop the liaison between the two, Danping is attacked with acid by her father's henchmen, so that his face is disfigured beyond recognition. In order to spare his lover the terrible sight, he lets the rumor spread that he has died and spends his days from now on in a secluded part of the local village theater. On the nights of the full moon, he sings love songs for Xia, who has lost her mind because of the grief over her loss, in the cover of darkness.
Ten years later, a new acting company finally came to town. The actor Sun Xiao-au looks very similar to the young Danping. This gives Danping an idea how to end the suffering of his former lover.
background
In 1941, Ma-Xu Weibang made a sequel to the film called Ye ban ge sheng xu ji (Song at Midnight 2) .
Web links
- Ye ban ge sheng in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Donado Totaro: The Song at Midnight - The Chinese Phantom of the Opera on offscreen.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ye ban ge sheng xu ji on imdb.com