Cairo Declaration (film) explained

Cairo Declaration
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none T: 開羅宣言 S: 开罗宣言 P: Kaīluó Xuānyán
Director:	Wen Deguang Hu Minggang
Producer:	Yu Zifei
Starring:	Hu Jun Cecilia Han Ma Xiaowei Tang Guoqiang
Studio:	August First Film Studio Propaganda Department of the Chongqing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Runtime:	98 minutes
Country:	China
Language:	Mandarin English Japanese Russian Language

Cairo Declaration is a 2015 Chinese 2D historical film directed by Wen Deguang and Hu Minggang and written by Liu Xing. The film stars Hu Jun, Cecilia Han, Ma Xiaowei, and Tang Guoqiang. The film was scheduled to be released on September 3, 2015.^[1]

The film was promoted by the August First Film Studio to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Second Sino-Japanese War.^[2]

Cast

• Isabella Charlton as Mary Churchill.
• Hu Jun as Shi Jianfeng, a password cracking expert.
• Cecilia Han as Edo Eiko, Shi Jianfeng's wife.
• Carina Lau as Soong Mei-ling, first lady of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek's wife.^[3]
• Joan Chen as Soong Ching-ling, Sun Yat-sen's wife, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China.
• Yu Zifei as Soong Ai-ling, H. H. Kung's wife.
• Ma Xiaowei as Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Nationalist government.
• Tang Guoqiang as Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, and author of Little Red Book.
• Daniel Krauser as Sorge, a Soviet intelligence personnel.
• Darren Grosvenor as Alexander Comstock Kirk, an American Ambassador.
• Yao Di as Huang Yiqing, an undercover agent of the Chinese Communist Party.
• He Zhengjun as He Yingqin, Commander in chief of the National Revolutionary Army.

Production

The principal photography on the film began on March 9, 2015, in Liangjiang International Cinema of Chongqing city.^[4]

The film was shot on locations in Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing.

Poster controversy

The distributors issued promotional posters that individually featured Mao Zedong, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. Chinese internet users have questioned the inclusion of Mao, instead of Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo of the Republic of China, in the posters, since Chiang was present at the Cairo Conference, but Mao was not. A Global Times editorial called the promotional move "inappropriate".^{[5] [6] [7]}

Release

Theatrical release will be on September 3, 2015.

Notes and References

1. News: Cairo Declaration was scheduled to be released on September 3, 2015. 163.COM. 2015-08-20. zh.
2. News: http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2015-08-20/doc-ifxfxzzn7620477.shtml . zh:《开罗宣言》9.3献映 纪念抗日胜利70周年. Sina. 2015-08-20. zh .
3. News: Stills of film "Cairo Declaration". https://web.archive.org/web/20151009050453/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2015-07/24/c_134444044.htm . dead . October 9, 2015 . Xinhuanet. 2015-07-24 .
4. News: http://cq.takungpao.com/html_content/2015-03-09/75949.shtml# . zh:电影《开罗宣言》重庆开机 . Takungpao.com . 2015-03-09 . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043301/http://cq.takungpao.com/html_content/2015-03-09/75949.shtml . 2016-03-04 .
5. News: Tom Phillips . Bloggers ridicule Chinese film placing Mao Zedong at key wartime conference. Theguardian.com . 2015-08-17 .
6. News: Chinese film lambasted online for distorting history . Interaksyon.com . 2015-08-17 . 2015-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150820005154/http://www.interaksyon.com/entertainment/chinese-film-lambasted-online-for-distorting-history/ . 2015-08-20 . dead .
7. News: Netizens question Mao image on Cairo Declaration poster. SinaEnglish . 2015-08-17 .
8. Web site: 邓超范冰冰分获影帝影后《我不是潘金莲》成金鸡大赢家. September 16, 2017. ifeng. zh.