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The Black Cannon Incident

Original title: Hei pao shi jian

“I'm done with chess. For good.”

1985 · 1 h 36 min
Directed by Huang Jianxin
ComedyDrama

Cast

Zifeng Liu Ming Gao Gerhard Olschewski Hui Ge Beilong Wang Yi Wang

Credits

Written by: Wei Li

Plot

A German-speaking engineer in a Chinese factory loses his job after a telegram about a lost chess piece called 'black cannon' is read as a spy message.

Sinekatalog’s take

A dry, sharp satire of bureaucracy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (656 votes)
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