The Red Detachment of Women (1970 film)

The Red Detachment of Women
Directed by
  • Pan Wenzhan (潘文展)
  • Fu Jie (傅杰)
StarringXue Jinghua
CinematographyLi Wenhua (李文化)
Music byLiu Shida (刘士达)
Production
company
Beijing Film Studio
Running time
105 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

The Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘子军; pinyin: Hóngsè Niángzǐjūn) is a 1970 Chinese filmed performance of the Chinese ballet of the same name (originally produced in 1964) – which itself was a version of director Xie Jin's original 1961 film. The style is called 'yangbanxi' (revolutionary model dramas.) It is one of eight approved revolutionary model dramas made during the Cultural Revolution. A Beijing Opera version was filmed by the August First Film Studio in 1972.