The Ditch (2011)
The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.
Director:
Wang Bing
Writer:
Wang Bing
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Cheng Zhengwu as |
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Niansong Jing as |
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Xiangnian Li as |
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Renjun Lian as |
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Ye Lu as Xiao Li |
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Yang Haoyu as Lao Dong |
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Li Daguang as |
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Wang Dayuan as |
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Liming Lei as |
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Li Jiaqi as |
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Guangcheng Yuan as |
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Gaoli Qi as |
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Xingfa Zhao as |
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Wenyi Chen as |
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Guofeng Jiao as |
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Guangzheng Zhang as |
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Lei He as |
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Xiandong He as |
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Xu Cenzi as Gu |
| Directing | Wang Bing | Director |
| Production | Wang Bing | Producer |
| Writing | Wang Bing | Screenplay |
| Production | Mao Hui | Producer |
| Production | Kong Lihong | Producer |
| Production | Francisco Villa-Lobos | Producer |
| Writing | Yang Xianhui | Novel |
| Production | Aldo Mulone | Production Manager |
| Art | Yang Wang | Production Design |
| Sound | Gilles Laurent | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fuzheng Wang | Costume Design |
| Sound | Michel Schillings | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Marie-Hélène Dozo | Editor |
| Art | Zhang Wanxiong | Production Design |
| Sound | Fu Kang | Sound Designer |
| Production | Wang Yang | Producer |
| Camera | Lu Sheng | Director of Photography |