Ci Xi Mi Chuan 慈禧秘传
Chinese title (trad.):
慈禧秘傳
Chinese title (simpl.):
慈禧秘传
Russian title:
Тайная история Цы Си
Release year:
1997
Country:
China
Number of episodes:
20
Episode running time:
47 minutes
Genre:
drama, historical
Language:
mandarin
Type:
TV series
Description:
Keeps young male favorites, beds eunuchs — the imperial harem becomes a den of debauchery; poisons the empress, kills Consort Li — ruthless and cruel, consumed by madness. A comprehensive unveiling of the little-known secret life of Empress Dowager Ci Xi! A bewitching young girl, Ci Xi won the exclusive favor of Emperor Wei Feng at just sixteen, and it lasted more than a decade, until Wei Feng, unable to curb his lust, fell ill and died. When Wei Feng passed away, Ci Xi was twenty-six — in the prime of a woman's years, with an intense hunger for both power and pleasure. Show more Holding the highest station yet alone in the harem, each time she attended court and saw the civil officials and military generals, her heart fluttered; the handsome and elegant Rong Qin-Wang especially stirred her springtime desires, while the eunuch An De-Hai, not fully "castrated," gave her brief nights of joy, and the eunuch Li Lian-Ying, gifted with a special knack for pleasing women, also won her exclusive favor. What she wanted was pleasure, and her creed in life was this: whoever denies me a moment's pleasure, I will make him suffer for a lifetime! Consort Li had vied with her in jealousy back in Wei Feng's day, always trying to use her beauty to win the emperor's favor. After Ci Xi seized power, she cut off Consort Li's hands and feet, gouged out her eyes, cut out her tongue, and threw her into a latrine, calling her a "human pig." The Eastern Palace Empress Ci'an was kind by nature — the only one who could talk Ci Xi down. Ci Xi saw her as a thorn in her side: with Ci'an around, Ci Xi had to observe palace propriety, and even her debauchery could only be carried on in secret. When Ci'an learned of Ci Xi's improper affair with An De-Hai, she took advantage of Ci Xi's having sent An De-Hai out of the capital and ordered Ding Bao-Zhen, citing the ancestral rule that "eunuchs may not leave the palace," to execute An De-Hai on the spot in Shandong. Thus began a true political struggle between two women — Ci Xi and the Eastern Empress Ci'an. Supreme power, a sovereign lady in her prime, lewd operas, young male favorites — and the once orderly Great Qing dynasty, its harem always stern and solemn, was instantly plunged into a storm of blood.
Movie crew
presenter:
producer:
Gang Li-Min, Ji Jian-Feng, Xie Fei, Cai Yong-Rui, Zhu De-Cheng, Ying Li-Juan, Zhang Guang-Long, Zhang Rui-Tian
14 m.
Xie Fei
Aged 54 years
42 m.
Zhu De-Cheng
Aged 49 years
1 m.
Gang Li-Min
1 m.
Ji Jian-Feng
14 m.
Aged 54 years
16 m.
Cai Yong-Rui
42 m.
Aged 49 years
10 m.
Ying Li-Juan
1 m.
Zhang Guang-Long
1 m.
Zhang Rui-Tian
script:
assistant director:
composer:
cinematographer:
costume designer:
Liang Xue-Jie, Wang Su-Zhi, Wang Hong, Wu Yan-Fang, Ke Xian-Gen
12 m.
Liang Xue-Jie
12 m.
20 m.
Wang Su-Zhi
1 m.
Wang Hong
1 m.
Wu Yan-Fang
1 m.
Ke Xian-Gen
makeup:
Yue Bo-Chung, Sun Guo-Min, Li Li-Hua, Zhang Li-Jun
18 m.
Li Li-Hua
14 m.
Yue Bo-Chung
8 m.
Sun Guo-Min
18 m.
2 m.
Zhang Li-Jun
lighting:
Wang Yue-Sheng, Zhao Qiang, Wang Yong-Huan, Wu Yan-Zhong, Lei Peng
23 m.
Wang Yue-Sheng
23 m.
19 m.
Zhao Qiang
4 m.
Wang Yong-Huan
2 m.
Wu Yan-Zhong
3 m.
Lei Peng
editor:
sound recordist:
props:
Actors
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