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Diantong Film Company () was a short-lived but important Chinese film studio and production company during the 1930s in Shanghai, China. Though it produced only four films during its existence between 1934–1935, all four films became important examples of the left-leaning Chinese cinema of the 1930s. Of all the film studios of the period, Diantong had the closest connection to the Chinese Communist Party.Pang, p. 56.
In a short period of time, the company produced four classics of the period: Plunder of Peach and Plum (dir. Ying Yunwei), Children of Troubled Times (dir. Xu Xingzhi), Cityscape (dir. Yuan Muzhi), and Spirit of Freedom (dir. Situ Huimin) (also known as The Goddess of Freedom).
Despite these successes, by 1935, Diantong was suffering not only from Kuomintang pressure due to its political slant (so-called "White terrorism"), but also from financial woes. As a result, in the winter of 1935, Diantong closed its doors permanently. The remains of the company were soon incorporated into Zhang Shankun's newly formed Xinhua Film Company. Meanwhile, many of Diantong's top talent, including Ying Yunwei and Yuan Muzhi, were recruited in Mingxing Film Company's newly formed Studio 2, focused on left-wing cinema.Pang, p. 63. There, they made some of the more important films of the movement, notably Yuan's Street Angel.
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1934 Plunder of Peach and Plum 桃李劫 Ying Yunwei Yuan Muzhi, Chen Bo'er 1935 Children of Troubled Times 風雲兒女 Xu Xingzhi Yuan Muzhi, Wang Renmei 1935 Spirit of Freedom 自由神 Situ Huimin 1935 Scenes of City Life 都市風光 Yuan Muzhi Bai Lu, Jiang Qing
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Categories: Film Production Companies Of China, Defunct Film And Television Production Companies Of China, Mass Media In Shanghai, Mass Media Companies Established In 1934, Mass Media Companies Disestablished In 1935, Chinese Companies Established In 1934, 1935 Disestablishments In China, 1934 Establishments In Shanghai
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