Chinese stars join Communist film

Chinese stars have helped launch a blockbuster film celebrating the 90th anniversary of the country’s Communist Party.

The Beginning of a Great Revival traces developments between the 1911 revolution that overthrew imperial rule and the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party on July 31, 1921. It is part of a series of events in China marking the anniversary.

It features many of the Chinese film industry’s biggest names such as Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat.

Director Han Sanping said the film was better than 2009’s The Founding of a Republic, which told the story of the Communist Party winning power in 1949.

China Film Group is hoping for a repeat of the success it had with The Founding of a Republic.

Its success was helped by politically correct theatre operators who flooded their properties with screenings.

The Beginning of a Great Revival is likely to receive similar treatment.