The Butterfly Lovers
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A traditional chinese story about a girl, Zhu Yingtai, daughter of the noble Mr. Zhu, who goes to Hangzhou to study, dressed as a boy. There, she meets a student, Liang Shanbo, with whom she becomes good friends. They go to school together for the following years, and Zhu gradually falls in love with Liang.
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Cast
28 people
Yuan Xuefen
Ying-Tai Zhu
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Fan Ruijuan
Shan-Bo Liang
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打金枝
梁山伯与祝英台
Shaofen Huang
Hu Sang
Sha Huang
Zhang Guifeng
Gong-Yuan Zhu
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打金枝
梁山伯与祝英台
Wong Tin-lam
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Election 2
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Jin Xu
Ruzeng Liu
Lü Ruiying
Xin Yin
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打金枝
Anqing Chen
Wei Xiaoyun
Jiu Si
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Sang Hu Director · Huang Sha Director Jin Xu Writer
First release August 25, 1954 · Produced in China · Original title 梁山伯與祝英台
Production
Shanghai Film Studio
Production
China
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Original title
梁山伯與祝英台
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · August 25, 1954
Theatrical · Source: IMDb
No release date listed for United States.
France
January 1, 1955
Hong Kong SAR China
August 10, 1955
Russia
October 1, 1956
Russia
October 1, 1956 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 30, 1954
Switzerland
August 1, 1955 · Locarno Film Festival
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