The Last Emperor

Date:: from 19 May 2025

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One of the most tragic fortunes of the 20th century in Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic drama.

1987, Bernardo Bertolucci

United Kingdom—France—Italy—China
162 English with Russian subtitles

Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole, Ying Ruocheng

Puyi became the Emperor of China at just two years of age, at a time when the state entrusted to him was rapidly crumbling. Revolutions, wars, modernisation, occupation—the protagonist of the film happened to be a witness and participant in all these events, not always willingly.

Shor from The Last Emperor, 1987

It is so ravishingly beautiful to look at that its 162 minutes pass with few real Iongueurs.

— Derek Malcolm, The Guardian

At the heart of one of Bernardo Bertolucci’s most ambitious works lies the conflict between the God-chosen status sometimes attached to power and the insurmountably earthly nature of the latter. In narrating Puyi’s fate from infant on the throne to labour camp inmate, the Italian master creates a portrait of the last century, both bitter and fascinatingly vivid.

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