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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
 
Director
  Li Han-Hsiang
 
Screenwriters
  Yeung Chuen-Ban
  Li Han-Hsiang
 
Action Director
  Xu Wei-Jun
 
Producers
  Li Han-Hsiang
  Chiu Wai
 
 
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)
 
Assistant Director
  Xu Tongjun   Wong Suk-Yim
 
Story
  Bai Hua (2)
 
Script Supervisor
  Zheng Xiaoting
 
Cinematographers
  Yang Lin (6)   Chiu Lok-Tin   Hau San-Chun
  Chiu Hiu-Fung
 
Lighting
  Wu Chunlin   Huang Rongtian   Chan Fai-Yim
  Chen Huan-Song   Shi Jingzhi
 
Art Director
  Song Hongrong
 
Costume Designer
  Zhao Ruhua
 
Makeup
  Lei Jun (3)   Cao Mengling (2)
 
Editor
  Chu Ka-Ling   Fong Sing
 
Props
  Tong Yuk   Cheung Cheun-Lam   Ko Fan
 
Music
  Yip Shun-Chi
 
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)