CHINA IN FLAMES (CINEMA POSTER)
A KINO MOSCOW PRODUCTION
PRODUCED BY STATE TECHNICAL CINEMA EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP
DISTRIBUTION: SOVKINO
ARTISTIC TEAM: Z. KOMISSARENKO, N. MAKSIMOV, YU. MERKULOV, N. HODATAYEV
SCREENPLAY: VINOGRADOV & CO. PHOTOGRAPHY: SHULMAN
PART ONE
THE LORD OF THE WORLD
INDIA
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
JAVA
GERMANY
CHINA
COAL
GOLD - SILVER
LONDON: FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT:
CHINA HAS BEEN MODERNIZING. SINCE 1911, IT IS FORBIDDEN TO WEAR PIGTAILS.
POLICEMAN
IN THE EUROPEAN QUARTER OF THE CHINESE CAPITAL, IN WHICH CHINESE ARE NOT ALLOWED...
JAPANESE SHAREHOLDING CO. AMERICAN BANK
ENGLISH TRADING BUREAU FRENCH FIRM
IN THE MINES RECEIVED IN TREATY CONCESSIONS...
IN THE PORTS SEIZED FROM CHINA
IT REEKS OF RAW MATERIALS!
CHINA SILVER - COAL - IRON
KEROSENE
TAKE AIM!
1/4 OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVES IN CHINA.
ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR BABIES IS BORN CHINESE
KEROSENE - COAL SILVER - IRON
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
UNTIL THE XVIII CENTURY ENTRANCE TO CHINA
WAS FORBIDDEN TO EUROPEANS
MISSIONARY
MERCHANT
THE RICKSHAW IS THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE COACHMAN.
VISITING THE CHINESE PRESIDENT.
GIVE US CONCESSIONS - I URGE YOU!
GET RICH, MISTERS!
THE AIM OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT IS TO EXPEL THE IMPERIALISTS FROM CHINA.
WELL, WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!
IN THE PORTS CAPTURED FROM CHINA
...THE IMPERIALISTS MAKE THEIR PROFITS.
PART OF THEIR PROFITS GO TO SUPPORT MISSIONARIES
WHO CREATE OBEDIENT SLAVES BY PREACHING HUMILITY...
THE MISSIONARY'S WORDS ARE BACKED BY THE POLICEMAN'S CLUB
GET OFF THE ROAD!!!
END OF PART ONE
PART TWO.
RICE PADDIES.
RICE LOVES WATER.
A RICH LANDLORD IS INSPECTING HIS FIELDS WITH THE MANAGER.
THE VILLAGE ELDER
THE RENT COLLECTORS
WE'LL GATHER THE HARVEST - THEN WE'LL PAY IN FULL.
IRRIGATION SYSTEM CONTROL
WHEN THE LANDLORD FOUND OUT THAT THE REGIONAL DAM HAD BURST,
HE ORDERED A NEW DAM BUILT. THAT DAM BLOCKED THE PUBLIC CANAL AT THE FAR END OF HIS LANDS.
THE PEASANTS' AREA UNDER THE DAM WAS LEFT TOTALLY WITHOUT WATER.
THERE'S NO WATER!
WE MUST DESTROY THE DAM!
BUT THE LANDLORD TOOK MEASURES OF HIS OWN.
THEN THE PEASANTS SUED THE LANDLORD WHO HAD RUINED THEM,
AND REQUESTED RENT ABATEMENT.
BUT THE LANDLORD AGAIN TOOK MEASURES OF HIS OWN.
THE PEASANTS' COMPLAINT WAS DISMISSED.
THE LANDLORD TOOK ALL THE PEASANTS' PROPERTY, AND MADE THEM PAY HIM EXORBITANT RENT.
PART THREE.
IN THE DIPLOMATIC COMPOUND...
HAVE OUR TROOP TRANSPORTS STOPPED?
THE RAILWAY'S ON STRIKE??
DOWN WITH IMPERIALISM!
STOP WORK!
IMMEDIATELY!
BUT...
THEY FORGET ONE LITTLE THING.
MOSCOW
MOSCOW - PEKING
PEKING
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT:
YESTERDAY IN PEKING A DEMON WAS EXORCISED -
200,000 COPIES OF THE KARAKHAN MANIFESTO.
TREATY OF ALLIANCE WITH THE USSR
PEKING UNIVERSITY
STUDENT LEAGUE FOR THE STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPERIALISM
WE DEMAND A TREATY WITH THE USSR!
WE ALSO AGREE - WE NEED TO TRADE!
THERE'S NO CHOICE... WE MUST SIGN!
TRANSFER OF THE BUILDING TO THE SOVIET EMBASSY
AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE USSR WAS ACTIVELY FOUGHT FOR BY:
SUN YAT-SEN
FATHER OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION, PARTY LEADER
CANTON IS THE CENTER OF THE LIBERATION MOVEMENT
PROTOCOL
CHINA
CAPITALISM
IMPERIALISM WILL COLLAPSE WHEN THE RESISTANCE OF THE WORKERS OF THE WEST
LINKS WITH THE RESISTANCE OF THE OPPRESSED PEOPLES OF THE EAST... - V. LENIN
SUPPORT WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH THE STRUGGLE OF THE CHINESE WORKERS.
THE STRUGGLE OF CHINA IS OUR STRUGGLE
SOVKINO ALL-RUSSIAN SHAREHOLDING CO. MOSCOW
THE END (subtitles: FBJ, Niffiwan, wero1000)