Burning of Imperial Palace (1983)

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火燒圓明園 (1983)

Burning of Imperial Palace

Alias: Burning of the Imperial Palace

Origin: Hong Kong

Genre: Historical Drama

Rating: I (Hong Kong)

Release Date (HK): 09/21/1983

Box Office: HK $15,439,323

Cast
	Liu Xiaoqing	...	Empress Cixi / Yuk Laan / Concubine Yi
	Tony Leung Ka-Fai	...	Emperor Xian Feng [intro]
	Chen Ye	...	Empress Ci An
	Chow Git	...	Concubine Lai
	Wang Chong (4)	...	Zai Wun
	Wang Pei	...	Jui Hua
	Zhang Tielin	...	Prince Gong / Yi Qing
	Wang Yunting	...	Kuang Yuan
	Shan Zeng-Hong	...	An De Hai
	Zhang Shuyi	...	Zai Qun
	Pang Wanling	...	Harry
	Lu Shiping	...	Jing Shou
	Shen Weiguo	...	Mu Yin
	Yu Liwen	...	Du Han
	Meng Yang	...	Jiao You Ying
	Liang Yansheng	...	Gui Liang
	Li Yan
	Lee Cheung (3)	...	Old stonemason
	Zheng Zhenyao
	Bai Gang	...	Wen Feng
	Du Zhi-Gang	...	Wen Rui
	Liu An-Tai	...	Traitor
	Xu Wei-Jun	...	Feng San Bao
	Li Yi-Zhao	...	Feng Yuan Zhen
	Lu Qian	...	Princess
	Yan Qingyu	...	Empress Dowager's personal maid
	Xiang Kun	...	Official Xiao Shun
	Jiang Zulin

Production Companies
	New Kwun Lun Film Production Co., Ltd.
	China Film Co-Production Corp.

Distributor
	New Kwun Lun Film Production Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)

Production Manager
	Tang Hung-Sing

Summary
	During the Ching Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi gave birth to a son, which won the heart of Emperor Xianfeng. Although his country was in turmoil, Xianfeng still indulged in the pleasures of the court. Upon hearing that the united armies of Britian and France had deployed their battleships, Xianfeng took refuge in the Reha temporary palace. The foreign invaders ransacked and plundered the Yuanming Palace, and set their torches to burn down the "Palace of all Palaces". (Ryan Miller)