The Black Cannon Incident
“I'm done with chess. For good.”
1985•1h 39m•7.6•Released
DramaComedy
A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.
Director
Huang Jianxin
Writer
Zhang Xianliang
Languages
Mandarin, English, German
Studio
Xi'an Film Studio
Cast
Liu Zifeng
Zhao Shuxin
Gao Ming
Li Renzhong
Yang Fengliang
Chen Hao-xiang
Yang Yazhou
Feng Liangcai
Wang Yi
Zhou Yuzhen
Ge Hui
Wu Kegong
Wang Beilong
Wang Hongye
Xie Wei
Liu Yumei
Zhao Xiuling
Zhao's Girlfriend
Gerhard Olschewski
Hans Schmidt
Production
Company
Xi'an Film Studio
Producer
Wu Tianming
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