Our Husband
Li's first directorial work in Hong Kong is adapted, by himself, from the Hollywood movie The Great Lie (1941) starring Bette Davis. When a husband disappears in an accident, the wife is dismayed by a social butterfly pregnant with her husband's child. To preserve the husband's blood line, the wife takes care of the expectant mother and raises the child. Featuring the two ravishing beauties Li Lihua and Sun Jinglu, Our Husband foregoes juicy feuds between the leads and delivers an allegorical message: parents should provide an ideal environment for the next generation. Addressing the rocky times in China, it is equally overt in its remonstration as Yung Hwa's earlier works, The Soul of China and Sorrows of the Forbidden City.
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Cast
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Li Li-Hua
Also in
Rape of the Sword
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Sun Jinglu
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Jian mian li
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Jiang Ming
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Princess Iron Fan
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Paul Chun Pui
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Wei Wang
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Hua Yan
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Li Ping-Qian Director
First release February 5, 1949 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 春雷
Production
Yung Hwa Film Company
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
春雷
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · February 5, 1949
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No release date listed for United States.
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