The Eight Hundred

八佰 (2020)

Timing: 2:27 (147 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2020-08-14

Country

Australia, China

Production

Huaxia Film Distribution, Tencent Pictures, Huayi Brothers Pictures, South Australian Film Corporation, Beijing Enlight Pictures, Beijing Diqi Yinxiang Entertainment

Genre

War, History, Drama, Action

Budget

$80 000 000

Revenue

$472 947 757

Website

https://cmc-pictures.com/the-eight-hundred/

Director

Guan Hu

Actors

Wang Qian-Yuan, Zhang Yi, Huang Zhizhong, Jiang Wu, Ou Hao, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Tang Yixin, Li Jiuxiao, Jerry Lee
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Guan Hu, Zhao Ningyu

Producer

Zhu Wenjiu

Operator

Cao Yu

Composer

Rupert Gregson-Williams

Artist

Audition

Editing

Tu Yiran, He Yongyi
All team (93)

• The highest-grossing film of 2020 and the first non-English language film to top the year's box office charts.
• The first Chinese film shot entirely in IMAX format.
• Initially, the battalion consisted of 800 people, but due to losses during the Battle of Shanghai, by the beginning of the defense of the Sihang Warehouse, the battalion’s strength was just over 400. However, the defenders of the warehouse went down in history as the "800 Heroes".
• The Sihang Warehouse building had no strategic importance, but stood on the bank of the Suzhou River, on the other side of which was the International Settlement. Chiang Kai-shek ordered a defense to buy time to withdraw the remaining troops and to demonstrate to the West China’s determination to continue the war.
• The full version of the film has a runtime of 160 minutes.
• The film was scheduled to premiere on June 15, 2019, at the Shanghai International Film Festival, but it was canceled due to censorship issues – allegedly, the film glorified the Kuomintang army.
• Initially, the battalion had 800 people, but due to losses during the Battle of Shanghai, by the beginning of the defense of the Sihang Warehouse, the battalion numbered just over 400. However, the defenders of the warehouse went down in history as the "800 Heroes".