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Daybreak

天明

1933 · 116 min · CN

Directed by Sun Yu

Sun Yu and Li Lili: a country girl reaches Shanghai looking for work, is raped, and is forced into prostitution while her lover drifts toward revolution. She uses the access her trade gives her to help him — and is destroyed for it.

Drama

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1933 · Source: Internet Archive

Public domain presentation

Cast & Crew

Sun Yu · Director Li Lili · Ling Ling Zhanfei Gao · Brother Zhang

Available Subtitles

No subtitle tracks are currently listed.

Public Domain Source

Internet Archive · Internet Archive copy of the surviving silent (~97 min).

Cast

Principal players

Li Lili

Li Lili

Ling Ling

Zhanfei Gao

Zhanfei Gao

Brother Zhang

Han Lan-Gen

Han Lan-Gen

Crew

writer

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