Anniversary movie set to make history

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-02-20 14:07

Mainland actor Tang Guoqiang, who has played Mao Zedong 12 times, has the role again and Zhang Guoli, a renowned actor known for a series of ancient emperor parts, is Chiang Kai-shek.

"We are still getting many calls," said Huang. "There are many volunteers for even the most minor roles."

The film focuses on the birth of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body.

In 1949, the Communist Party was in control of most of the Chinese mainland and organized a political consultative conference, inviting delegates from various friendly parties and independents to attend and discuss the establishment of a new state. This conference was then named the People's Political Consultative Conference.

The inaugural conference approved the Common Program, which served as the de facto Constitution for the next five years. It also approved a new national anthem, flag, capital city and state name, and elected the first government of the People's Republic of China.

Huang says he is depicting the statesmen as a group of creative people, instead of stereotypical politicians.

In one scene, for example, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De are having a meeting. They are talking by candlelight, when Zhou mentions they are short of more candles. Mao immediately blows out the candle on the desk, saying: "Let's meet in the dark. I have to write an editorial tonight - leave the candle for that."

Huang says: "I want to show lively people who have their own characteristics."

The film is due in theaters in September, just before National Day on October 1.

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