The Eight Hundred
Based on the true story of one of the greatest battles of WWII.
Production
Budget
$80 000 000
Box office
$472 947 757
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)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Guan Hu, Zhao Ningyu
Producer
Zhu Wenjiu
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Lin Mu
Audition
Editing
Tu Yiran, He Yongyi
Whole Team (95)
Whole Team (95)
Short description
In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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".
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