The Ditch
The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Wang Bing
Director
Wang Bing
Producer
Wang Bing
Screenplay
Mao Hui
Producer
Kong Lihong
Producer
Francisco Villa-Lobos
Producer
Yang Xianhui
Novel
Aldo Mulone
Production Manager
Yang Wang
Production Design
Gilles Laurent
Sound Editor
Fuzheng Wang
Costume Design
Michel Schillings
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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