Comedy ·Drama · China · 1957 · 1h 20m

Unfinished Comedy

未完成的喜剧

Director

Cast

Han Lan-Gen as Langen Han Xiucen Yin as Xiucen Yin Tai Luo as Director Li Fang Hua as Hua Fang Manyi Su as Yan Lan Xiping Ning as Mother

Crew

Hui Zhang — Director of Photography Yutian Zhang — Original Music Composer Lü Ban — Writer Tai Luo — Writer

Synopsis

Two famous comedians from pre-Revolution days perform a series of sketches in a theatre for a group of Party cadres. The stage performances blend over into absurdist, self-contained fantasy episodes where the two comics allegorically parody Party propaganda and ideological orthodoxy.

Key Collaborators

Lü Ban Director Hui Zhang Director of Photography Yutian Zhang Original Music Composer Lü Ban Writer Tai Luo Writer

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