The Black Cannon Incident

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The Black Cannon Incident (1985)

Directed by Huang Jianxin

“I'm done with chess. For good.”

Drama, Comedy · 1h 39m

A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.

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Cast

Liu Zifeng Zhao Shuxin Gao Ming Li Renzhong Yang Fengliang Chen Hao-xiang
Y
Yang Yazhou Feng Liangcai Wang Yi Zhou Yuzhen
G
Ge Hui Wu Kegong
W
Wang Beilong Wang Hongye Xie Wei Liu Yumei
Z
Zhao Xiuling Zhao's Girlfriend Gerhard Olschewski Hans Schmidt

Crew

Director
Huang Jianxin
Writer
Zhang Xianliang
Director of Photography
Feng Wei, Wang Xinsheng
Editor
Dali Chen
Producer
Wu Tianming

Details

Original title
黑炮事件
Release date
1985-01-02
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Original language
ZH
Spoken languages
Mandarin, English, German
Countries
China
Production
Xi'an Film Studio