Xie Tieli

Directing

Xie Tieli

Born December 27, 1925 · Huaiyin, Jiangsu province, China

Died June 19, 2015 · aged 89

Xie Tieli (27 December 1925 – 19 June 2015) was a Chinese director. In 2011, China Film Directors Guild Award awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Known For

Inside an Old GraveInside an Old Grave · 1991
Inside an Old Grave
1991
MovieMysteryFantasy
Base on "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". an Chinese classic A love story between a young scholar and a spirit of a dead girl.
Bao shi fu ziBao shi fu zi · 1983
Bao shi fu zi
★ 7.61983
MovieDramaFamily
The Stars are Bright TonightThe Stars are Bright Tonight · 1980
The Stars are Bright Tonight
★ 5.01980
MovieDrama
In the winter of 1948, the Huaihai battlefield. The telephone operator Yuxiang (played by Huang Xiaolei) rescued the rural girl Yuxiang (played by Li Xiuming) who was about to hang herself during the mission. Yuxiang has nothing to do with her, and she is willing to accept her personally and tell her sufferings of being homeless.
HaixiaHaixia · 1975
Haixia
★ 5.01975
MovieWarDrama
With the fishermen's life on the southeastern coast in the early 1960s as its background, the film depicts a group of militia women who work both as fisher women and fighters defending their homes and the motherland.
Bao feng zhou yuBao feng zhou yu · 1961
Bao feng zhou yu
1961
MovieHistoryDrama
Taking Tiger Mountain by StrategyTaking Tiger Mountain by Strategy · 1970
Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy
★ 5.61970
MovieHistoryAdventure
Taking Tiger Mountain was the very first model film produced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Set during the civil war in 1946, it follows a detachment of the People's Liberation Army in Mandchuria as they are fighting a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. Based on a novel from the 50s, Taking Tiger Mountain was first a revolutionary opera before being made into film by director Xie Tieli.
红楼梦第六部:宝玉化石红楼梦第六部:宝玉化石 · 1989
红楼梦第六部:宝玉化石
1989
Movie
A Dream of Red MansionsA Dream of Red Mansions · 1989
A Dream of Red Mansions
1989
MovieDramaHistory
A Chinese serial feature film, released in 6 parts (8 episodes) between 1988 and 1989. The film adapts the major events and incidents of the novel of the same name, depicting the fate of Jia family.

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Nameless IslandNameless Island · 1960
Nameless Island
1960
MovieWarThriller
In 1958, during Chiang Kai-shek’s threats to retake the mainland, the Kuomintang navy attacked Fujian Province’s coast. The landing ship “Dacheng” was sunk by our torpedo boats, and Captain Wu John led troops to an unnamed island. Naval political instructor Wang Yongzhi and others, who fell into the water after a collision, also drifted there. They launched a political offensive against the enemy, who, unaware of our capabilities, awaited rescue. Prisoner Sun Gui swam back to his comrades, witnessed the cook’s beating, and returned to our side. Wang Yongzhi, seeing the enemy’s wait for rescue, forced them to reveal themselves. The enemy tried a fake negotiation to delay time. At night, Cai Dage brought reinforcements, eliminating the enemy on the island and their rescue ship.

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