Product Details

• Actors: Ke-Yu Guo, Vladmill Nizmiroff, Xiaoling Xu
• Directors: Daying Ye
• Writers: Daying Ye, Qitao Jiang, Wei Lu
• Producers: Daying Ye
• Format: Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: German, Russian
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Lorber
• VHS Release Date: July 27, 1999
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1572522909
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #49,478 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)

  #42 in	Video > Art House & International > By Original Language > Russian
  #27 in	Video > Military & War > Widescreen

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful film except for...., February 24, 2006

By	Leucippe (new york, ny USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Cherry (DVD)

I would have given this film 5 stars, but what is disturbing is that the claims that it was based on a true story are only partly true. Yes, the film was based on the true story of Zhu De's daughter Zhu Min, who went to the Soviet International Children's School at the age of 14. The film crew had contacted her and obtained her consent when making the film. But the most horrific and most unforgettable part was fictional (and there's the rub). Moreover, her father, Zhu De was not executed in China as a communist before the war. He became an important military figure and later leader in the government. (1954-59) as deputy chairman of the People's Republic of China. He was chairman of the National People's Congress (1959 -67), Communist China's major legislative body, until denounced during the Cultural Revolution . He was restored to his posts in 1971 and died in 1976. From what I understand, it is not unusual in China to call a story "true," despite the facts.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars war's youngest victims, February 22, 2004

By	Chapulina R (Tovarischi Imports, USA/RUS) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Red Cherry (DVD)

This impressive film begins in the early summer of 1941, at the Ivanov International School in Moscow. Luo Xiaoman and Chuchu are two new students who have come to Russia after the brutal revolution in China killed their parents. As kanikuli (summer break) arrives, Chuchu accompanies her class to children's camp in Byelorussia. Xiaoman remains in Moscow. Then, Russia is invaded with the devastating fury of Hitler's "Operation Barbarossa". The western borders of the USSR are struck especially hard. By the end of the onslaught, only 25% of Byelorussia will be left intact. And Chuchu's camp is directly in Hitler's path. Back at the Ivanov School, the faculty and older students, Xiaoman included, rush to enlist in the army. But the Chinese boy is deemed too young for the front. "Red Cherry" is an uncompromising, horrifying story about two children's parallel experience of the war. Chuchu sees her teacher, Miss Vera, and classmates murdered before her eyes. She is spared by the Nazi commander, General von Dietrich, who admires her "perfect golden skin". He takes Chuchu with him, but he has a hideous fate in mind for the little girl. Meanwhile, Xiaoman becomes a bicycle messenger. His unhappy duty is to deliver notices of casualties from the front. One recipient of tragic news is an elderly blind woman who asks Xiaoman to read the letter aloud. He feels such pity for her that he makes up a congratulatory message about her son's heroic service and promotion. From then on, Xiaoman and the orphaned girl Nadya, whom he "adopts", regularly deliver revised notices from the front. But the front is swiftly advancing eastward, toward Moscow. General von Dietrich reveals that he is sick and dying. An amateur tattooist, he hopes to live on through his art. Chuchu's perfect skin will become the living canvas for the Nazi's undying fervor for his Fuhrer. Battle comes to Moscow, and Xiaoman will get his chance to fight for Russia. But his innocent imagination could not have predicted the outcome. Although heartbreaking, "Red Cherry" is haunting, beautiful, and recommended. Moreso, because the story is true. The two child actors are wonderful. The film is in Russian, German, and Mandarin, with English subtitles.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not a "1 star" film, February 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Red Cherry (DVD)

I almost missed this movies because the strong and negative review from the other Amazon reader. I am glad I took the risk and bough this DVD. It is not a bad film if we put aside our political view point and watch the movies calmly and fairly. Chinese or Russian are entitled to tell their stories from their point of view too.