Film

Inside Mao's China

2016 · 52m · Documentary · History

At the height of Maoism, China was as closed off as present-day North Korea. But even at that time, some Western foreigners lived in the country and, in the summer of 1966, they witnessed firsthand the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution. In this time, young leftist activists In Western Europe idolized Mao as a harbinger of a utopian society. As China eased out of its age of isolation in the early 1970s, many Westerners outside of China had to face a harsh reality.

• Martin GronemeyerDirector
• Iris BettrayProducer
• Jutta PinzlerProducer
• Michaela KirstExecutive Producer

Release date

October 10, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

52m

Genres

Documentary, History