Love and Duty 《恋爱与义务》(1931)Editing阮玲玉 金焰 Ⅱ

Описание: "Love and Duty" (恋爱与义务) is a 1931 Chinese silent film directed by Bu Wancang and starring Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan. The film tells the story of a woman named Yang Naifan (played by Ruan Lingyu) who runs away from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (played by Jin Yan). The film explores the challenges and consequences Yang Naifan faces as she navigates her relationships and societal expectations.
"Love and Duty" was long considered lost until it was accidentally rediscovered in Uruguay in the 1990s, and it has since been hailed as one of the greatest Chinese silent films. The film features both Chinese and English intertitles, and Ruan Lingyu portrays two different characters, with split-screen technology used for scenes where both characters appear. The film was very popular in its time, partly due to the pairing of Ruan Lingyu, who was already a darling of the Shanghai film industry, and Jin Yan, a Korean-born actor who was one of the major leading men in early Chinese cinema.In terms of behind-the-scenes trivia, "Love and Duty" was based on a novel by Polish expatriate Stéphanie Rosenthal ("Ho Ro-se"), who had married a Chinese engineer. The film became one of the first productions by the leftist United Photoplay Service. The film has been remade twice, in 1938 and 1955, with the first remake directed by Bu Wancang and featuring Jin Yan reprising his earlier role, and the second remake produced by the Hong Kong Shaw Brothers Studio. Both remakes were Mandarin dialect sound films.