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Our Husband

Our Husband

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Drama

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Li's first directorial work in Hong Kong is adapted, by himself, from the Hollywood movie The Great Lie (1941) starring Bette Davis. When a husband disappears in an accident, the wife is dismayed by a social butterfly pregnant with her husband's child. To preserve the husband's blood line, the wife takes care of the expectant mother and raises the child. Featuring the two ravishing beauties Li Lihua and Sun Jinglu, Our Husband foregoes juicy feuds between the leads and delivers an allegorical message: parents should provide an ideal environment for the next generation. Addressing the rocky times in China, it is equally overt in its remonstration as Yung Hwa's earlier works, The Soul of China and Sorrows of the Forbidden City.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

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Release Date

05 February 1949

Country

Hong Kong

Cast

Li Li-Hua

Li Li-Hua

Sun Jinglu

Sun Jinglu

Jiang Ming

Jiang Ming

Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Wei Wang

Wei Wang

Hua Yan

Hua Yan

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