The Battle of Dingjunshan

Based On the book by Luo Guanzhong

Dingjun Mountain《定军山》(pinyin: Dìngjūn Shān) was a 1905 Chinese silent film directed by Ren Qingtai (任慶泰), also known as Ren Jingfeng (任景豐), who was assisted by his cinematographer Liu Zhonglun (劉仲伦). This film, made by Beijing's Fengtai Photography (豐泰照相館), constitutes the first Chinese film ever made. The film consisted of a recording of Peking opera superstar Tan Xinpei dressed in the character Huang Zhong and singing some arias from the Peking opera of the same name. The play is a dramatised account of Battle of Mount Dingjun (219 AD) and is based on an episode in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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Release date:

1905

Director:

Jingfeng Ren

Cast:

Tan Xinpei

Genre:

Silent

Country:

Qing dynasty

Year page:

1905 in adaptations