(center)\A Dream of Red Mansions\Director: Xie Tieli\Screenwriters: Xie Tieli, Xie Pengsong\Starring: Xia Qin, Tao Huimin, Fu Yiwei, Liu Xiaoqing\Producer: Beijing Film Studio\Duration: 735 minutes\Country: China\Language: Mandarin\ \Character Relationship Images\
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Watch Online\"A Dream of Red Mansions" is a series of films adapted by Beijing Film Studio in the late 1980s based on the Chinese classical novel "A Dream of Red Mansions." The film consists of 6 parts and 8 episodes, with a total duration of 735 minutes, making it the longest film adaptation of the novel.\The film applies cinematic treatments to "A Dream of Red Mansions," incorporating elements of realism and fantasy, with both elegance and boldness.\In 1986, Beijing Film Studio officially decided to produce the film "A Dream of Red Mansions." At that time, the studio invested heavily in building outdoor sets such as the "Grand View Garden" and "Ningguo Mansion." In addition to inviting leading actors from mainland China's film industry at the time, such as Liu Xiaoqing, Zhao Lirong, and Ding Lan, the production also held nationwide casting calls, following the model of the 1987 TV version. From the start of filming in 1986 to its official release in 1989, the project took more than three years to complete. Directed by the renowned director Xie Tieli, the film also featured actors from various traditional Chinese performing arts, including Yue opera, Peking opera, Lu opera, crosstalk, pingtan, drama, Zhengbang opera, Hebei bangzi, and Kunqu, in order to give the film a style that is national, lifelike, and artistic.\Compared with the 1987 TV version of "A Dream of Red Mansions," this film has superior sets, styling, and costumes due to its higher investment. The cast is also packed with beautiful performers, gathering many popular stars of the time. Director Xie Tieli won the Best Director award at the 10th China Golden Rooster Awards for this film, and lead actress Tao Huimin was awarded second place for Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards. However, the film still strongly reflects Yue opera performance styles. The character Jia Baoyu is played by a female actress in a male role, which, compared to the male version of Baoyu in the 1987 TV series, was not widely accepted by most audiences. Compared with the highly rerun 1987 TV series and due to the constraints of film length, the storyline is somewhat less coherent.\Additionally, the currently circulating versions of the film have overly dark color tones and lighting, lacking in aesthetic appeal.
