GOLDEN AGE

Daybreak (1933)

19331h 37mdir. Sun YuEnglish subtitlesRepublic of Chinadrama filmsilent film

Note: this print runs 97 minutes against a recorded 116 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Li Lili

Directed by Sun Yu

Daybreak still

Daybreak (Chinese: 天明; pinyin: tiānmíng) is a 1933 Chinese silent film, directed by Sun Yu. It was released by the Lianhua Film Company (United Photoplay Studio), premiered in Shanghai's Peking Theater on February 2, 1933. The film follows Lingling, a young country girl from a rural fishing village, as she moves to Shanghai with her cousin, Zhang. As Zhang drifts into revolutionary circles, Lingling falls into an unfortunate path. Sold to a corrupt boss who intoxicates and rapes her by her own sister, Lingling is forced into prostitution before eventually becoming a martyr for the oncoming revolution.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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