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Behind the Great Wall

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Fishing cormorants, a tiger hunt, a ritualistic marriage, a holiday parade and other colorful events reveal touches of modern China.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times 10/26/2010
2/5
Check off the novel experience as precisely what we've labeled it -- a stunt. The artistic benefit of it is here demonstrated to be nil. Go to Full Review Jay Jacobs The Reporter 02/07/2022
[Behind the Great Wall] is a handsome enough piece of work, and the narration, despite a lair share of the clichés endemic in the travel documentary, is somewhat more digestible than is usual in jobs of this sort. Go to Full Review June Kurisu Shin Nichibei/New Japanese American News 02/07/2020
Believe me, your nose would have had to be in very poor working, condition not to be able to get a strong whiff. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 10/16/2019
..an Italian-made documentary tour of Red China, good enough to merit attention as a conventional or odorless travelogue. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Carlo Lizzani

Director

Chet Huntley

Narrator

Ennio De Concini

Screenwriter

Leonardo Bonzi

Producer
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Synopsis Fishing cormorants, a tiger hunt, a ritualistic marriage, a holiday parade and other colorful events reveal touches of modern China.
Director
Carlo Lizzani
Producer
Leonardo Bonzi
Screenwriter
Ennio De Concini
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
2h 0m