Red River Valley (1997 film)

Red River Valley (Chinese: 红河谷; pinyin: Hóng hégǔ) is a 1997 film directed by Feng Xiaoning about the British expedition to Tibet, starring Paul Kersey and Ning Jing. It was also released under the title A Tale of the Sacred Mountain. A book by Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming's brother, is credited in the movie.^[1] In 1961, Fleming published Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904.

Directed byFeng Xiaoning

Written byFeng Xiaoning

Based onBayonets to Lhasa
1961 novel
by Peter Fleming

Produced byShanghai Film Studio

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Red River Valley
Directed by	Feng Xiaoning
Written by	Feng Xiaoning
Based on	Bayonets to Lhasa 1961 novel by Peter Fleming
Produced by	Shanghai Film Studio
Starring	Paul Kersey Ning Jing
Cinematography	Feng Feng Xiaoning Feng Ziyi Gao Guoqing Zhang
Edited by	Sihai Feng
Music by	Jin Fuzai
Release date	December 21, 1997 (1997-12-21)
Running time	115 min.
Country	China
Language	Mandarin / English

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The film won numerous prizes at China's three main award ceremonies: Huabiao, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers.

The film's production was part of an official Chinese government effort - also reflected in the national curriculum - to incorporate the expedition to Tibet into the story of the century of humiliation narrative that China suffered at the hands of Western and Japanese invaders and commercial interests.^[2]