From Victory to Victory
About From Victory to Victory
In early 1947, after seven victories in northern Jiangsu, the East China troops pull back. Battalion commander Gao (Feng Zhe) takes his men north to wait at Taocun in Shandong. Village head Zhao Yumin (Zhang Ruifang) and Gao talk the soldiers and the villagers through a retreat they do not want. Nationalist forces, twenty-five divisions, try to close from north and south. Gao's unit holds the south bank of the Dasha River at Taocun for six days while the main body surrounds seven divisions under Nationalist commander Li at Phoenix Mountain. Ordered by his division commander (Chen Ge) to take Motianling, Gao blocks reinforcements under commander Zhang. Li is captured. Zhao's guerrillas cut the Nationalist retreat and pull the fuse on a charge meant to drop a bridge.
Cast & crew
More about From Victory to Victory
Cheng Yin and Tang Xiaodan directed this feature for the Shanghai Film Studio. Shen Ximeng, Shen Mojun, and Gu Baozhang wrote it. China Film Management Company released it. Tang joined because Cheng Yin was not familiar with the Nationalist army. The shoot used more than 30,000 soldiers and over 1,000 tons of ammunition.
Themes
Look
Zhu Jinming and Gu Wenhou photographed the black-and-white film.
Music
Ge Yan wrote the score.
Notes
- Tang Huada plays the division political commissar. Zhong Xinghuo plays machine gunner Liu Yonggui.
- Xiang Kun plays Nationalist commander Zhang, drawn from Zhang Lingfu. Yang Hua plays commander Li, drawn from Li Xianzhou.
- Bai Mu plays the Nationalist chief of staff.
Scenes
- Gao and Zhao explain the withdrawal to men who want to stay and fight.
- The battalion holds the Dasha River for six days.
- Zhao's guerrillas cut the fuse on the bridge charge.