The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated—quite a feat for a challenging, multilayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an international cast. Yet the scope of the film was, and remains, undeniably powerful—the life of Emperor Puyi, who took the throne in 1908, at age three, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating…

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci

The Forbidden City

Peter O'toole

Last Emperor

The Criterion Collection

Personal Responsibility

Forbidden City

Character Study