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{{short description|Serial feature film by Xie Tieli}}
{{Infobox film
| name      = A Dream of Red Mansions
| image     =
| alt       =
| caption   =
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
| c        = 红楼梦}}
| director  = [[Xie Tieli]]<br />Zhao Yuan
| producer  =
| writer    = '''Novel''':<br />[[Cao Xueqin]]<br />'''Adapted screenplay''':<br />Xie Tieli<br />Xie Fensong
| starring  = {{Plainlist|
* Xia Qin
* Tao Huimin
* Fu Yiwei
* [[Liu Xiaoqing]]
}}
| music     =
| released  = {{Film date|1988|||Parts 1 & 2|1989|||Parts 3–6}}
| runtime   = 735 minutes (total)
| country   = China
| language  = [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]
}}
'''''A Dream of Red Mansions''''' ({{lang-zh|红楼梦}}) is a Chinese serial feature film produced by [[Beijing Film Studio]], released in 6 parts (8 episodes) between 1988 and 1989. Directed by [[Xie Tieli]] (谢铁骊) and Zhao Yuan (赵元),<ref>{{cite web|title=A DREAM OF RED MANSIONS (1989)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79fc91e8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025070942/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79fc91e8|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2016|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|accessdate=28 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> it is a cinematic adaptation of [[Dream of the Red Chamber|the 18th-century Chinese novel of the same name]].<ref>Xiao, Zhiwei and Zhang, Yingjin. ''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film'' (1998), Routledge: London & New York, p 378.</ref> The film took two years to prepare and three years to shoot,<ref>Perkins, Dorothy, ''Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture'' (2013), Routledge: London & New York, p 134.</ref> and remains, at 735 minutes, the longest ever made in the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{cite web|title=导演谢铁骊病逝享年89 曾导六部《红楼梦》|url=http://ent.people.com.cn/n/2015/0620/c1012-27185323-4.html|website=ent.people.com.cn|accessdate=22 May 2018|language=zh|date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
Lead actresses Xia Qin and Tao Huimin were both [[Yue opera]] artistes, with Xia Qin taking on the role of the male lead [[Jia Baoyu]]. The film won Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Lin Moyu), Best Act Direction and Best Costume Design at the [[10th Golden Rooster Awards]].
==Cast==
Many of the actors were [[Chinese opera]] actors: [[Tao Huimin]], Li Yongyong and [[He Saifei]] were all professional [[Yue opera]] actresses from the [[Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe]]; Xing Jinsha (or Ying Kam Sha) was a ''[[Kunqu]]'' actress; Yuan Mei was a [[Huangmei opera]] actress; and [[Zhao Lirong]] was a [[Ping opera]] actress. Xia Qin, [[Ji Qilin]], [[Li Lingyu]] and [[He Qing]] had all undergone years of training in Chinese opera.
*Xia Qin (夏钦) as [[Jia Baoyu]]
*[[Tao Huimin]] (陶慧敏) as [[Lin Daiyu]]
*[[Fu Yiwei]] as [[Xue Baochai]]
*Lin Moyu (林默予) as [[Grandmother Jia]]
*[[Liu Xiaoqing]] as [[Wang Xifeng]]
*Ma Xiaoqing (马晓晴) as [[Shi Xiangyun]]
*[[Li Xiuming]] as [[Jia Yuanchun]]
*Yang Shihua (杨世华) as [[Jia Yingchun]]
*Zeng Dan (曾丹) as [[Jia Tanchun]]
*[[Ding Lan]] (丁岚) as [[Jia Xichun]]
*Zhang Jie (章杰) as [[Jia Zheng]]
*Wang Guangquan (王光权) (early) and [[Ji Qilin]] (later) as [[Jia Lian]]
*Shi Xian (石冼) as [[Jia Zhen]]
*Zhou Jieyu (周杰宇) as [[Jia She]]
*Wang Zhenrong (王振荣) as [[Jia Jing]]
*Zhang Jian (章健) as [[Jia Rong]]
*Shan Zenghong (闪增宏) as [[Jia Rui]]
*Xing Jinsha (邢金莎) (early) and Zhang Lei (张蕾) (later) as [[Hua Xiren]]
*Li Yongyong (李勇勇) as [[Qingwen]]
*Xu Jiequn (许杰群) as Yuanyang
*Ni Xuehua (倪雪华) as [[Ping'er]]
*Tong Xin (童欣) as [[Xiangling (character)|Xiangling]]
*[[Chen Hong (actress)|Chen Hong]] as [[Zijuan]]
*[[Zhao Lirong]] as [[Granny Liu]]
*Wang Minyi (王敏宜) as [[Lady Wang]]
*Yuan Mei (袁玫) as [[Aunt Xue]]
*[[He Qing]] (何晴) as [[Qin Keqing]]
*Xing Hong (邢红) as [[Li Wan]]
*[[He Saifei]] as [[Miaoyu]]
*Lin Xiaojie (林小解) as [[Xue Pan]]
*Chen Hong (陈虹) as Second Sister You
*[[Li Lingyu]] as Third Sister You
*Fan Weihua (范卫华) as Xia Jin'gui
*Zhang Baoqiu (张葆秋) as Concubine Zhao
*Li Fazeng (李法曾) as [[Jia Yucun]]
==Plot summary==
The film adapts the major events and incidents of the novel. The last part (Part Six) is essentially an abridged adaptation of the [[Cheng-Gao Versions|Cheng-Gao ending]].
== See also ==
*''[[The Dream of Red Mansions (2010 TV series)]]''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0106772|title=A Dream of Red Mansions}}
*[http://www.dianying.com/en/title/hlm1988 ''A Dream of Red Mansions, Part 1''] at the Chinese Movie Database
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