1921 (2021 film)

1921_film_poster.jpg Film poster 1921 Huang Jianxin Zheng Dasheng Ren Ning Yu Xi Zhao Ningyu Huang Xin Huang Xuan Ni Ni Wang Renjun Liu YeHuang Yixin Cao Yu Yu Boyang Shanghai Film Group Tencent Pictures China Film Co., Ltd. Huaxia Film Distribution China Film Co., Ltd. Huaxia Film Distribution Maoyan Entertainment Media Asia Film y 2021 07 01 China 137 minutes China Mandarin $76.4 million1921-(2021-China) 1921 (2021) July 5, 2021 1921 is a 2021 Chinese historical film directed by Huang Jianxin and Zheng Dasheng and starring Huang Xuan, Ni Ni, Wang Renjun and Liu Haoran. The film premiered in China on 1 July 2021, to commemorate the centennial year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.Davis Rebecca Chinese Propaganda Film '1921' Bounces Back Despite Prior Nationalist Boycott https://variety.com/2021/film/news/1921-boycott-shanghai-film-festival-1234994130/ 27 June 2021 variety.com 10 June 2021 27 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210627065132/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/1921-boycott-shanghai-film-festival-1234994130/ live Plot elements The film tells the story of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party at the 1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party held in Shanghai.17 June 2021 Chinese film '1921' revisits history of CPC founding china.org.cn http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-06/17/content_77572967.htm 27 June 2021 20 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210620070554/http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-06/17/content_77572967.htm live Among the events highlighted in the film are Mao Zedong's role in founding the Xiangjiang Review, one of the Party's first publications.Marquis Christopher Mao and Markets: the Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise Qiao Kunyuan 2022 Yale University Press Kunyuan Qiao 978-0-300-26883-6 New Haven 1348572572 Christopher Marquis63 Cast Huang Xuan as Li Da Ni Ni as Wang Huiwu, wife of Li Da. Wang Renjun zh 王仁君 as Mao Zedong Yuan Wenkang as Li Hanjun Elvis Han as Zhang Guotao Liu Haoran as Liu Renjing Zhang Songwen as He Shuheng Zu Feng as Dong Biwu Shawn Dou as Chen Tanqiu Wang Junkai as Deng Enming Liu Jiayi as Wang Jinmei Zhang Chao as Chen Gongbo Zhang Yunlong as Zhou Fohai Hu Xianxu as Bao Huiseng Eric Dane as Marin Josh Whitehouse as Nikolski Chen Kun as Chen Duxiu Li Chen as Li Dazhao Ni Dahong as Huang Jinrong Tian Yu as Cheng Ziqing zh 程子卿 Song Jia as Gao Junman zh 高君曼 Oho Ou as Li Qihan zh 李启汉 Zhu Yilong as Zhou Enlai Roy Wang as Deng Xiaoping Sosuke Ikematsu as Okawa Shunya Shiraishi as Eizo Kondo Bai Yu as Cai Hesen Feng Shaofeng as Sun Yat-sen Lei Jiayin as Hu Ankang Ma Tianyu as Li Xiangen zh 李仙根 (孫文秘書) Liu Peiqi as Ke Shaomin Zhang Ruoyun as Liu Shaoqi Liu Shishi as Song Qingling Wei Daxun as Chiang Kai-shek Zhang Zhehan as Xiao Zisheng Gu Jiacheng as Luo Zhanglong Yuan Quan as Huang Shaolan Yin Tao as Wen Suqin, Mao Zedong's mother. Zhong Chuxi as Li Lizhuang zh 李励庄 Song Yi as Yang Shuhui Zhou Ye as Yang Kaihui Guo Zifan as Xu Deheng Ouyang Weijia as Deng Zhongxia Hui Yu as Tao Yilan Mengwei Xie as Bao Zi Wang Sen as Li Zhong Ye Zuxin as Gu Zhuxian Hongrui Zhang as Wang Qiao Wang Tianchen as Xu Ahmei Xu Kai as Shen Yanbing Han Haolin as Chen Henian Pengyuan Shi as Shen Zemin Thomas Fiquet as E. Flori Jonny Chen as Cao Jiasheng Liu Dongqin as Shi Cuntong Zhang Youhao as Ren Bishi Zhao Yiqin as Xiao Jinguang Zhang Xiaochen as Yang Dixian Xuan Xuan as Yun Duo Ruixin Tong as Guo Nianbiao Michelle Ye as Wang Xuanjia Lu Qi as Yi Lirong Fuzhen Kang as Peng Huang Geng Le as Chen Jiongming Fan Shiqi as Zhang Shenfu Sheng Gangshuai as Zhao Shiyan Zhang Xueying as Miao Boying Chen Yusi as Shen Siqian Kudousi Jiang Ainiwaer as Tan Zhitang Boxiao Liu as Tan Pingshan Na-Na OuYang as Tao Xuan Chen Meiyi as Lu Yin Xia Meng as Chen Dingxiu Chen Qianyu as Wang Shiying Peng Chuyue as Fang Hao Caesar Wu as Yang Hui (professor) zh 杨晦 Yang Hui Haiyu Zhang as Chen Guofu An Zehao as Mao Yichang, Mao Zedong's father. Yu Haoming as Lu Zhengzhang Liu Chang as Li Jie He Ye as Young Soldier Eiji Okuda Bao Bei'er as Zhao Xigui Bai Yufan as Ye Ting Zhao Lusi as Liu Qingyang Tong Dawei as Zhang Renjie Alen Fang as Gao Junyu Ouyang Nana as Tao Hsuan Tong Liya as Soong Ai-ling Cao Jun as Zhang Xue Zhang Jingyi as Soong Mei-ling Xue Jianing as He Shufen Hu Lianxin as Cheng Junying Zhou You as Kuang Husheng zh 匡互生 Lin Gengxin Li Xian Production Shooting began on 1 July 2020 and took place in Shanghai and finished filming on November 5 of that same year.Kong Lingqiang (zh 孔令强) 2 July 2020 黄建新执导《1921》开机 黄轩倪妮刘昊然等50余位青年演员出演 zh:黄建新执导《1921》开机 黄轩倪妮刘昊然等50余位青年演员出演 https://www.sohu.com/a/405260120_162758 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20210427232952/https://www.sohu.com/a/405260120_162758 27 April 2021 27 June 2021 Sohu zh Zheng Shuang, who played Xiang Jingyu, was removed from the film for surrogacy scandal; Yan Xujia's role was removed after rumors Yan had cheated on his girlfriend.https://www.economist.com/china/2021/07/10/a-chinese-film-removes-scenes-featuring-a-young-mao-zedong The Economist A Chinese film removes scenes featuring a young Mao Zedong July 2021 https://archive.today/20210708233255/https://www.economist.com/china/2021/07/10/a-chinese-film-removes-scenes-featuring-a-young-mao-zedong July 8, 2021 But a few months before the film’s release on July 1st, reports appeared on entertainment news sites that Mr Yan had cheated on a girlfriend. He denied this, but disbelieving internet users said he was unfit to play a character as important and upstanding as Mao. July 10, 2021 live Music Singer(s) The Internationale Theme Eugène Edine Pottier Pierre De Geyter Sun Nan/ Zhou Shen Release 1921 released on 1 July 2021 in China. Reception Box office Ahead of its 1 July debut, the film made $11.6 million from pre-screenings.Davis Rebecca 2021-06-28 China Box Office: Propaganda Flick ‘1921’ Hits No. 1 Off Previews https://variety.com/2021/film/news/china-box-office-1921-pre-screenings-1235006462/ 2025-10-05 Variety en-US According to the China Movie Data Information Network, the film took 81.60 million yuan ($12.6 million) on its opening day, and 44.2 million yuan the next day. The film earned a total of 300 million yuan ($46.32 million) in its first four days of release.https://new.qq.com/omn/20210705/20210705A05ZNI00.html zh:《1921》上映4天近3亿；《速9》全球破5亿美元 一周票房＆电影 qq.com 5 July 2021 9 July 2021 zh 9 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190646/https://new.qq.com/omn/20210705/20210705A05ZNI00.html live Critical response Despite being a state-sanctioned production, the film was criticized online by Chinese nationalists as overly commercial and disrespectful to the real-life revolutionary figures depicted. Following the release of the film's posters and cast list in May, users criticized the casting of younger stars as mocking the historical figures they were playing. The South China Morning Post described audience reactions as mixed.2021-07-04 1921 tops Chinese box office, but is it anything more than Communist propaganda https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3139745/chinese-communist-party-centenary-film-1921-tops-box-office-it-anything live https://web.archive.org/web/20210704080928/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3139745/chinese-communist-party-centenary-film-1921-tops-box-office-it-anything 2021-07-04 2025-10-05 South China Morning Post en Accolades Date Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Notes 2021 34th Golden Rooster Awards Best Writing Yu Xi, Huang Xin and Zhao Ningyu https://new.qq.com/omn/20211129/20211129A09I4Z00.html zh:第34届中国电影金鸡奖公布完整提名名单 qq.com 29 November 2021 30 November 2021 zh 31 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211231053357/https://new.qq.com/omn/20211129/20211129A09I4Z00.html live https://new.qq.com/omn/20211230/20211230A0CYFV00.html zh:第34届中国电影金鸡奖完整名单 qq.com 30 December 2021 31 December 2021 zh 31 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211231054132/https://new.qq.com/omn/20211230/20211230A0CYFV00.html live Best Director Huang Jianxin and Zheng Dasheng Best Supporting Actress Zhou Ye Best Cinematography Cao Yu Best Sound Recording Yang Jingyi Best Editing Yu Baiyang References External links Category:2021 films Category:2021 Mandarin-language films Category:Chinese historical films Category:Chinese IMAX films Category:Films about communism Category:Films shot in Shanghai Category:Films set in Shanghai Category:Tencent Pictures films Category:Films directed by Huang Jianxin Category:Chinese propaganda films Category:2021 Chinese films