Dream of the Red Chamber (1944 film)

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1944 Chinese film

Dream of the Red Chamber

Traditional Chinese| 紅樓夢
Simplified Chinese| 红楼梦
Literal meaning| Dream of the Red Mansions
Directed by| Bu Wancang
Written by| Novel:
Cao Xueqin
Starring| Zhou Xuan
Bai Hong
Wang Danfeng
Yuan Meiyun

Release date

* 1944 (1944)

Running time

| 137 minutes
Country| China
Language| Mandarin
The full film

Dream of the Red Chamber (traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: Hónglóu mèng) (also known as Dream of the Red Mansions) is a 1944 Chinese film directed by Bu Wancang. It is an adaptation of the classic 18th century Qing-era novel by Cao Xueqin.

## Cast

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* Yuan Meiyun as Jia Baoyu (cross-gender acting)
* Zhou Xuan as Lin Daiyu
* Wang Danfeng as Xue Baochai
* Bai Hong as Wang Xifeng
* Ouyang Sha-fei as Hua Xiren

## External links

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* Dream of the Red Chamber at IMDb
* Dream of the Red Chamber is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
* Dream of the Red Chamber at the Chinese Movie Database

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Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber

* Redology

Text and
commentaries|

* Zhiyanzhai
* Odd Tablet
* Cheng-Gao versions
* Gao E

Characters|

| Jia Zheng's nuclear family|

* Jia Baoyu
* Hua Xiren
* Jia Tanchun
* Li Wan
* Jia Zheng
* Lady Wang
* (Jia Yuanchun)

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Xue family|

* Xue Baochai
* Xue Pan
* Xiangling

Jia She's nuclear family|

* Wang Xifeng
* Ping'er
* Jia Yingchun
* Jia Qiaojie
* Jia Lian

Jia Zhen's nuclear family|

* Jia Xichun
* Qin Keqing

Other characters|

* Lin Daiyu
* Shi Xiangyun
* Miaoyu
* Grandmother Jia
* Granny Liu
* Qin Zhong
* Jiang Yuhan
* Lingguan

Places|

* Daguanyuan

Sequels|

* The New Story of the Stone (1905)

Adaptations|

* Dream of the Red Chamber (1944 film)
* Dream of the Red Chamber (1987 TV series)
* A Dream of Red Mansions (1988 film series)
* Dream of the Red Chamber (1996 TV series)
* The Dream of Red Mansions (2010 TV series)
* Dream of the Red Chamber (opera)

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Films directed by Bu Wancang

* Revenge of an Actress (1929)
* Love and Duty (1931)
* A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)
* The Peach Girl (1931)
* Three Modern Women (1933)
* The Light of Maternal Instinct (1933)
* Diao Chan (1938)
* Mulan Joins the Army (1939)
* Eternity (1943)
* Dream of the Red Chamber (1944)

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